Howbridge Church of England Junior School
Primary · Witham · CM8 1BZ
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 21 November 2023
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356 pupils · 93% of 384 capacity
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 7–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 28.1% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 9% of pupils
- SEN support
- 13.2% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 3.4% of pupils
- Website
- www.howbridgejunior.co.uk
- URN
- 140666
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
95 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
64% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 31% moved to another state school · 6% 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
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy 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
- 21 November 2023: Good
- 8 June 2021: Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 1
- 23 February 2021: Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 1
- 10 December 2019: Requires improvement
- 7 June 2017: Requires improvement
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.