Balfour Junior School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D51
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Chatham, ME4 6QX
- Distance
- 0.3km away
Balfour Infant School
Pattens Lane, Rochester, ME1 2QT
Local ranking64th of 73 primary schools in Medway
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
270
Capacity
5-7
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 15 October 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 260
- Boys
- 132 (51%)
- Girls
- 128 (49%)
- Capacity
- 270 (96% full)
- SEND
- 15.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 23.1%
- EAL
- 36.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.5%
- SEN Support
- 14.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 25.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 10.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,342/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 10.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 56.2%
- Asian Indian: 9.7%
- White Other: 8.1%
- Black African: 7.0%
- Asian Other: 3.5%
- Mixed Other: 3.1%
- Asian Pakistani: 2.7%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 2.7%
56.2%
White British
9.7%
Asian Indian
8.1%
White Other
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Pattens Lane
Rochester, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 118329
- UKPRN
- 10074074
- Establishment No.
- 2215
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