Bradwell Junior School
Hugh Lane, Bradwell, Hope Valley, S33 9JB
This school is closed (it closed in November 2023).
It was replaced by Bradwell Junior School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kathryn McGuiness
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
- Capacity
- 73
- Pupils on roll
- 42
- URN
- 112512
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
About this school
Bradwell Junior School was a community primary school in Hope Valley. It taught children aged 7 to 11 and had 42 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Bradwell Junior School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 9 | 10 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 56% | 60% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 90% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 80% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 80% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.50 | - |
| Writing progress | -4.60 | - |
| Maths progress | -2.20 | - |
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 Bradwell 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 | Derbyshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 56% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 60% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Bradwell Junior School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.2% | 31% | 42 | — |
| Bradwell Junior School | 60% | 7.3% | 22% | 41 | 0.0 miles |
| Bradwell CofE (Controlled) Infant School & Nursery | — | 3.5% | 33.3% | 20 | 0.2 miles |
| Hope Primary School | 33% | 5% | 15.9% | 67 | 1.5 miles |
| Castleton CofE Primary School | — | 28.2% | 25% | 21 | 1.7 miles |
| Great Hucklow CE Primary | — | 8.3% | 25.7% | 33 | 2.0 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 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 31%
- English as an additional language
- 4.8%
- Overall absence
- 6.2%
- Persistent absence
- 9.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Bradwell Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · Hope Valley
-
Bradwell CofE (Controlled) Infant School & Nursery0.2 miles
Primary · Hope Valley
-
Hope Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Hope Valley
-
Castleton CofE Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Hope Valley
-
Great Hucklow CE Primary2.0 miles
Primary · Buxton
Other schools in Hope Valley
- Bamford Primary School Primary
- Bradwell CofE (Controlled) Infant School & Nursery Primary
- Bradwell Junior School Primary
- Castleton CofE Primary School Primary
- Curbar Primary School Primary
- Edale CofE Primary School Primary
- Eyam CofE Primary School Primary
- Grindleford Primary School Primary
- Hathersage St Michael's CofE (Aided) Primary School Primary
- Hope Primary School Primary
- Stoney Middleton CofE (C) Primary School Primary
- Hope Valley College Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Bradwell Junior School teach?
- Bradwell Junior School taught children aged 7 to 11. It was a primary school in Hope Valley.
- Has Bradwell Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Bradwell Junior School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Bradwell Junior School?
- Bradwell Junior School had 42 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- How have Bradwell 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 60% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Bradwell Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bradwell 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 30 November 2023.