Eton Park Junior Academy

Eton Park Junior School has shown notable improvements since its previous inspection, now rated as good overall. The school provides a nurturing environment where pupils feel valued and supported, which is reflected in their positive attitudes towards learning and personal development. Staff are dedicated to ensuring pupils are prepared for their future, fostering a strong sense of community and teamwork. The curriculum is ambitious, especially in reading and history, encouraging pupils to embrace learning and deepening their understanding of important concepts.

Strengths

• Strong focus on personal development and pupil well-being.
• High priority given to reading, with effective strategies for improvement.
• Ambitious curriculum that helps pupils understand historical context.
• Positive pupil behaviour and a calm learning environment.
• Robust safeguarding measures in place.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent support for pupils with SEND in adapting curricula.
• Some teachers struggle to assess and respond to pupils' learning effectively.
• Challenges in ensuring pupils remember essential mathematics facts.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Eton Park Junior Academy attended 93.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.9% of pupils at Eton Park Junior Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Eton Park Junior Academy had 18.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 23.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 19.8% of pupils at Eton Park Junior Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Eton Park Junior Academy received £6,733 and spent £6,775 for each of its 214 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £229,000 (£1,069 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Affinity Learning Partnership, income was £7,699 and spending £7,452 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Burton-On-Trent · Staffordshire local authority: places and applications

Eton Park Junior Academy is part of Affinity Learning Partnership, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• Horninglow Primary School Burton-On-Trent
• Lansdowne Infant Academy Burton-On-Trent
• The de Ferrers Academy Burton-On-Trent
• Richard Wakefield CofE Primary Academy Burton-On-Trent
• The Pingle Academy Swadlincote
• Granville Academy Swadlincote

What is Eton Park Junior Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Eton Park Junior Academy is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Eton Park Junior Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Eton Park Junior Academy was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Eton Park Junior Academy have?

Eton Park Junior Academy has 197 pupils on roll.

What age range does Eton Park Junior Academy cover?

Eton Park Junior Academy for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Eton Park Junior Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 39% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Eton Park Junior Academy?

Eton Park Junior Academy is at Masefield Cresent, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 2SG.