Churchfields Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C62
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Beckenham, BR3 4QY
- Distance
- 0.6km away
Balgowan Primary School
Balgowan Road, Beckenham, BR3 4HJ
Local ranking10th of 75 primary schools in Bromley
Ofsted: Outstanding
Primary
Phase
654
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 1 April 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 70.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 21.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 86.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 73.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 78.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 78.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 109.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 107.0
- Cohort Size
- 77
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 618
- Boys
- 325 (53%)
- Girls
- 293 (47%)
- Capacity
- 654 (94% full)
- SEND
- 14.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 5.2%
- EAL
- 20.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.4%
- SEN Support
- 11.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 25.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 24.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,477/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 6.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 63.5%
- White Other: 15.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.8%
- Mixed Other: 3.2%
- Asian Indian: 2.3%
- Asian Other: 2.2%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.3%
63.5%
White British
15.4%
White Other
3.8%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Balgowan Road
Beckenham, London
Administrative
- URN
- 137216
- UKPRN
- 10034594
- Establishment No.
- 2002
- Trust
- NEXUS EDUCATION SCHOOLS TRUST
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