Broadway Junior School
Springwell Road, Sunderland, SR4 8NW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr David Walton-Jonas
- Constituency
- Sunderland Central
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 270
- Pupils on roll
- 227
- URN
- 108757
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01915283058
About this school
Broadway Junior School is a community primary school in Sunderland. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 227 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 5 October 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 57 | 53 | 58 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 56% | 64% | 55% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 6% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 75% | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 65% | 81% | 74% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 63% | 75% | 69% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 104.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 104.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.20 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Broadway Junior School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Sunderland average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 56% | 60.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 64% | 63.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 55% | 63% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 231 |
| 2023/24 | 232 |
| 2024/25 | 238 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Broadway Junior School compares
Broadway Junior School ranked 61st of 75 primary schools in Sunderland for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 30% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 55% | 5.7% | 49.6% | 227 | — |
| St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland | 74% | 5.2% | 24.4% | 240 | 0.2 miles |
| St Anne's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School | 83% | 4.9% | 32.6% | 238 | 0.7 miles |
| Highfield Academy | 82% | 7% | 52.6% | 443 | 0.7 miles |
| Barnes Junior School | 38% | 5.8% | 29.6% | 341 | 0.7 miles |
| Thorney Close Primary School | 63% | 6% | 59.4% | 289 | 0.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 49.58%
- English as an additional language
- 4.2%
- Overall absence
- 5.65%
- Persistent absence
- 14.4%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland0.2 miles
Primary · Sunderland
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St Anne's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Sunderland
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Highfield Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Sunderland
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Barnes Junior School0.7 miles
Primary · Sunderland
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Thorney Close Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Sunderland
Other schools in Sunderland
Broadway Junior School ranks 36th of the 43 ranked primary schools in Sunderland.
- Barnes Infant Academy Primary
- Barnes Junior School Primary
- Benedict Biscop Church of England Academy Primary
- Bexhill Academy Primary
- Castletown Primary School Primary
- Cleadon Church of England Academy Primary
- Dame Dorothy Primary School Primary
- Diamond Hall Infant Academy Primary
- Diamond Hall Junior Academy Primary
- East Herrington Primary Academy Primary
- English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, Sunderland Primary
- Farringdon Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Broadway Junior School teach?
- Broadway Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Sunderland.
- Who is the headteacher of Broadway Junior School?
- The headteacher of Broadway Junior School is Mr David Walton-Jonas, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Broadway Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Broadway Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Broadway Junior School?
- Broadway Junior School has 227 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Broadway Junior School full?
- Broadway Junior School has capacity for 270 pupils and 227 on roll (84%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Broadway Junior School a faith school?
- No. Broadway Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Broadway Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Broadway Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Broadway Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 56% in 2022/23 and 55% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Broadway Junior School rank locally?
- Broadway Junior School ranked 61st of 75 primary schools in Sunderland for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 30% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Broadway Junior School's absence rate?
- Broadway Junior School's overall absence rate is 5.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Broadway Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Broadway Junior School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.