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Drapers' Brookside Junior School

Primary · Romford · RM3 9DJ

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 26 January 2023

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At a glance

234 pupils · 98% of 240 capacity

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
7–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
47.4% of pupils
English as additional language
35.3% of pupils
SEN support
23.5% of pupils
EHC plan
2.9% of pupils
Website
http://www.drapersbrookside.com/
URN
140818

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
47%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
102
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
100
England 105

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

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
7.1%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
24.4%
England 18.1%

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

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
21.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

65% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 29% 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.

Inspection history since 2015

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

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