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Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs

Primary · Broadstairs · CT10 2PW

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 24 September 2024

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At a glance

407 pupils · 97% of 420 capacity

School type
Foundation school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
45% of pupils
English as additional language
10.3% of pupils
SEN support
24.4% of pupils
EHC plan
14.9% of pupils
Website
www.bromstoneschool.com/
URN
118534

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.62 first-choice applications per place

40 places offered · 25 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Cutoff distances as published by the local authority. Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

61 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
33%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
2%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
101
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
98
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school33%
Median of its 12 closest peers38%
Kent average63.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

The twelve below are matched on intake alone, from every state school in England, so most are not local. They are the evidence behind the comparison above, not a shortlist. For schools you could realistically apply to, see nearby schools.

SchoolOfstedResult
Brackensdale Spencer AcademyDerby · 165 miles awayGood61%
Waterloo Primary SchoolLiverpool · 238 miles awayGood53%
Bletchingley Village Primary SchoolRedhill · 66 miles awayRequires improvement62%
Sunnyside AcademyMiddlesbrough · 245 miles awayGood37%
Oakfield Primary and Moderate Learning Difficulties Resource ProvisionHyde · 207 miles awayRequires improvement33%
Marton Primary Academy and NurseryBlackpool · 251 miles awayGood59%
Yew Tree Primary AcademyKnowsley · 227 miles awayGood29%
Newlands Primary SchoolNormanton · 201 miles awayRequires improvement38%
Bedenham Primary SchoolGosport · 118 miles awayGood38%
Short Heath Junior SchoolWillenhall · 170 miles awayGood33%
Castle Mead SchoolTrowbridge · 155 miles awayGood60%
Eastway Primary SchoolWirral · 237 miles awayGood21%

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one: same phase and admissions type, and as near as the data allows on size, free school meals, English as an additional language, SEN and the child poverty of the surrounding area (IDACI 2025). Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable: sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and plain geography all matter and are not in the calculation. Results: DfE performance tables, 2024/2025. How the matching works.

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
38 of 38 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.4%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
17.5%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

93% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 2% moved to another state school · 5% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£8,426
Typical primary school£6,959

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), decile of the small area the school stands in: 1 is the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. IDACI counts only children in low-income families, which is the measure closest to the intake a school is likely to draw on.

Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher24.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications24.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work28.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways26.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health37.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier72.3%62.3%
Social housing18.5%17.1%
Privately rented9.1%20.5%
Detached houses38.8%22.9%
Flats10.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms21.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van23.3%23.5%

Census 2021 (ONS) for statistical area E01024690 (a lower layer super output area), the neighbourhood of roughly 1,263 adults that the school stands in. These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Children travel in from further away, and for selective, faith and some other schools usually much further. Open Government Licence v3.0.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£315,000248 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to July 2026
Typical range
£266,000–£376,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (72)£387,000
Semi-detached (118)£306,500
Terraced (26)£275,000
Flat (32)£202,500

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Every residential sale registered with HM Land Registry within 1 km of the school (straight line) since January 2024, market sales of houses and flats only. A sale is dated by completion and registered weeks later, so the most recent months are incomplete. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
5an urban school averages 5.8
All reported collisions
19an urban school averages 30.6
Of those, serious or fatal
4an urban school averages 6.1

Every collision reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics (STATS19). "Child pedestrians" counts casualties aged under 16 on foot; "school-run times" means weekdays 07:30–09:00 and 15:00–16:30 outside August. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe: counts rise with traffic and with how built-up an area is, which is why the comparison is with other urban schools. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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