Broomfields Junior School
General Information
- Address: Bridge Lane, Appleton, Warrington, WA4 3AH – View on map
- Phone: 01925265297
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Rachel Morris Brown
- Age range: 7-11 years
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 82
- % eligible for free school meals: 25.4%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (less mixed than the Warrington average)
- English as an additional language: 9% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 12.1% a year (Warrington 13.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 16% moved to another school, 84% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Warrington: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 1 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 1 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Warrington, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 3.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 5.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 12.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 17 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 60% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 6% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 9 percentage points below the Warrington average (69%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 65% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 65%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 79% · Writing 75% · Maths 73% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 72%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 104
- Based on: 89 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 41st of 57 junior and primary schools in the area
- =38Woolston Community Primary School62%
- #40St Monica's Catholic Primary School61%
- =41Broomfields Junior School60%
- =41St Paul of the Cross Catholic Primary School60%
- #43Birchwood CofE Primary School59%
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1st of 2 junior schools in Warrington for Ofsted rating
- #1Broomfields Junior SchoolGood
- #2Thelwall Community Junior SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,015 (2024-25)
2nd of 2 junior schools in Warrington for spending per pupil
- #1Thelwall Community Junior School£6,436
- #2Broomfields Junior School£6,015
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