Stafford Junior School

Stafford Junior School is performing well, categorized as good overall with an outstanding rating for personal development. The school has made significant improvements since its establishment and offers a vibrant, inclusive environment where pupils are motivated to learn and achieve. The leadership demonstrates a clear vision for educational excellence, and the curriculum is well-sequenced and responsive to pupil needs, particularly for those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). However, some challenges remain, particularly in ensuring consistent adaptation of the curriculum across all subjects to better support pupils with SEND and addressing attendance issues among some students.

Strengths

• Pupils embrace the school's motto and demonstrate positive attitudes towards learning.
• Teachers have good subject knowledge and maintain high standards of behaviour.
• The 'Stafford Offer' provides a wide range of enrichment activities.
• The personal, social and health education (PSHE) program is exceptionally strong.
• Leaders are ambitious and committed to supporting both staff and pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• The curriculum in some subjects, including English, lacks consistent adaptation to meet the needs of all pupils with SEND.
• Some pupils, particularly those with SEND, have concerning attendance rates.

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 Stafford Junior School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.3% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Stafford Junior School 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 Stafford Junior School had 20.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.4% 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, 20.6% of pupils at Stafford Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.6% 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 Stafford Junior School received £5,716 and spent £5,788 for each of its 364 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £467,000 (£1,283 per pupil).

Across all 3 schools of Cavendish Education Trust, income was £6,672 and spending £6,649 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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Stafford Junior School is part of Cavendish Education Trust, which runs 3 schools. The nearest others:

• Roselands Infants' School Eastbourne
• The Cavendish School Eastbourne

What is Stafford Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Stafford Junior School is Good, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was Stafford Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Stafford Junior School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Stafford Junior School have?

Stafford Junior School has 355 pupils on roll.

What age range does Stafford Junior School cover?

Stafford Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Stafford Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Stafford Junior School?

Stafford Junior School is at Ringwood Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN22 8UA.