OFSTED
Latest graded inspection
29 September 2022
Latest published outcome
Good
OEIF
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour & attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership & management
Good
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
—
Local authority
Bromley
Trust
NEXUS EDUCATION SCHOOLS TRUST
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
357
357 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
195
54.6% of pupils
Male pupils
162
45.4% of pupils
20.3 pts
below England
School
4.5%
Bromley
14.9%
London
26.3%
England
24.8%
6.3 pts
above England
School
26.6%
Bromley
16.4%
London
39.2%
England
20.3%
1.0 pts
below England
School
0.0%
Bromley
0.9%
London
0.5%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other White background
14.3%
51
Any other Mixed background
5.9%
21
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
7.6%
27 of
357 pupils
13.3 pts
below England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
6.2%
22 pupils
England
14.8%
8.6 pts
below
EHC plans
1.4%
5 pupils
England
6.0%
4.6 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Social, emotional & mental health
12
Specific learning difficulty
10
Autistic spectrum disorder
3
Speech, language & communication
1
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
3.06%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
3.16 pts
lower than
England
School
3.06%
Bromley
5.86%
London
6.38%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
3.97%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
11.85 pts
lower than
England
School
3.97%
Bromley
14.42%
London
17.60%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
1.06%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
0.75 pts
lower than
England
School
1.06%
Bromley
1.45%
London
1.67%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
93.0%
4.8 pts
above England
Highfield Junior School
93.0%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.