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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 (January 2026 census)

School type
Foundation school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
45% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
10.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
24.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
14.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.bromstoneschool.com/
URN
118534

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 25 families named it first for 40 Reception places, 0.62 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 1.367 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 4 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2023 to 2026. At its inspection on 24 September 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

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

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

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

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.367 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

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 · what “suppressed” means

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.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Brackensdale Spencer AcademyDerby · 165 miles awayGood61%
Waterloo Primary SchoolLiverpool · 238 miles awayGood53%
Bletchingley Village Primary School & NurseryRedhill · 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%

It is not a ranking. Source: 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.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 85% (Kent 70%, England 60%) · Any other White background 4% (Kent 7%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Kent 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Kent 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (Kent 3%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Kent 1%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Kent 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Kent 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Kent 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
17.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

3.42 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Kent: 3.00 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

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

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

72.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.7 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,388; 21.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£9,207
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £165,281; in-year balance -£47,445

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

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

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01024690 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£316,000264 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£266,000–£380,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (82)£387,000
Semi-detached (122)£305,000
Terraced (27)£270,000
Flat (33)£195,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (2.20 km, 2024 entry): 1,636 sales, median £287,500. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. 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 5.7
All reported collisions
19an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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