Bridge Junior School

Academy converter·Primary school Leicester·LE5 3HH
Composite score
29.1
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#13,554
National rank
#1272
In East Midlands
#67
In Leicester
Top 92%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
43%
% achieving higher RWM
1%
Reading average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

School profile

Age range
7–11
Pupils on roll
327
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
82.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,080
Typical primary: £6,960

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About Bridge Junior School

Bridge Junior School is a primary school in Leicester, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 327 pupils aged 7 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted. 43% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 15.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 101 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 1% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). There are about 20.2 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Bridge Junior School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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