Brookland Junior School

About Brookland Junior School

Brookland Junior School in Barnet was rated Good overall in its most recent Ofsted inspection in December 2022, though the detail is more nuanced. Inspectors judged personal development as Outstanding, while quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, and leadership and management all came in at Good. This represents a change from the school’s previous inspection in 2010, when it was rated Outstanding across the board. On the key academic metric for a junior school, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined at Key Stage 2 in the 2023/24 academic year. That is two percentage points above the Barnet local authority average of 73%, placing Brookland 37th out of 80 primary schools in the borough. Nationally, the school sits in the top 20% of all primaries for this combined measure, which gives a solid, if not spectacular, picture of overall attainment.

Digging into the individual subjects, the school’s strongest showing is in maths, where 87% of pupils reached the expected standard and 48% achieved the higher standard, with an average scaled score of 109. Reading is close behind, with 85% at expected and 45% at higher, and an average score of 108. Writing is a relative weak spot: 86% met the expected standard but only 15% reached the higher level. The combined higher standard across all three subjects is 14%, which is modest. The school does not publish progress scores for reading, writing or maths, so it is not possible to say how much value it adds relative to pupils’ starting points. In the Barnet league table, Brookland ranks 39th out of 91 state primaries of the same type, putting it just below the middle of the pack in a competitive London borough where 14 schools hold an Outstanding rating.

The school is nearly full, with 353 pupils on roll against a capacity of 360, and 16.1% of children eligible for free school meals, which is slightly below the national average. Facilities include a forest school, music rooms, a library, playing fields, a gymnasium and even a chapel. Sports provision is broad, covering football, netball, cricket, athletics, tennis, gymnastics and rounders, and there is a decent range of clubs from coding and chess to gardening and film club. SEND support is extensive, with provisions for specific learning difficulties, moderate to severe learning difficulties, speech and language needs, hearing and multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, autistic spectrum disorder and social, emotional and mental health needs. This is a school that suits families looking for a well-resourced junior setting with strong personal development, solid but not outstanding academics, and a clear commitment to inclusion.

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