Balfour Junior School
Balfour Road, Chatham, ME4 6QX
Local ranking26th of 69 primary schools in Medway
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
480
Capacity
7-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 71.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 14.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 84.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 108.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 106.0
- Cohort Size
- 119
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 480
- Boys
- 232 (48%)
- Girls
- 248 (52%)
- Capacity
- 480 (100% full)
- SEND
- 15.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 31.7%
- EAL
- 36.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.2%
- SEN Support
- 15.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 24.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,369/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.5%
- Persistent Absence
- 14.8%
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
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 53.0%
- Asian Indian: 8.6%
- White Other: 8.1%
- Other: 8.1%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 5.8%
- Asian Other: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.9%
53.0%
White British
8.6%
Asian Indian
8.1%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 143880
- UKPRN
- 10062374
- Establishment No.
- 2214
- Trust
- BEYOND SCHOOLS TRUST