Broomfield School

About Broomfield School

Broomfield School is clearly a popular choice among local families, with 59 applications for just 24 places in the 2025/26 admissions round, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.46. All 24 first-preference applicants were offered a spot, which suggests that while demand is strong, those who put it first are likely to get in. ParentView data isn't available here, but the oversubscription figures alone signal that the school holds a solid reputation in the community. The school is a state primary for mixed genders aged 4 to 11, led by headteacher Fiona Sharp, and it serves 206 pupils, just under its capacity of 210. Around 17.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is a useful benchmark for understanding the school's intake.

Academically, Broomfield's most recent Ofsted inspection in April 2024 rated it Requires Improvement overall, though the picture is more nuanced than that headline suggests. The school was previously rated Requires Improvement in June 2022, so it has held this grade across two inspections. However, several individual areas were rated Good in the latest inspection: early years provision, personal development, behaviour and attitudes, and leadership and management. The quality of education remains Requires Improvement, which is the key area the school will be working on. There is no published Key Stage 2 data for Broomfield in this dataset, so it's not possible to compare its SATs performance against the North Yorkshire local authority average of 60% reaching the expected standard. The school's Ofsted report, published in June 2024, will contain the most recent academic detail.

Broomfield offers a decent range of facilities for a primary of its size, including a sports hall, ICT suite, playing fields, art studios, a sensory room and even a chapel. Sports on offer include netball, athletics, cross country and football, while clubs extend to drama, book club, choir, science club, film club and eco club. The school's SEND provisions are notably broad, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication difficulties, physical disability, autistic spectrum disorder and other difficulties. This suggests the school is well set up to support a range of additional needs. Given its oversubscription, families living closest to the school will likely have the best chance of securing a place. Broomfield suits parents who value a school with strong behaviour and personal development ratings, and who are comfortable with a school that is actively working on improving its academic outcomes.

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