Burlington Junior School
Marton Road, Bridlington, YO16 7AQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Louise Kirby
- Constituency
- Bridlington and The Wolds
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 320
- Pupils on roll
- 282
- URN
- 117832
- Local authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01262674487
About this school
Burlington Junior School is a community primary school in Bridlington. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 282 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
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 80 | 75 | 77 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 56% | 57% | 49% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 0% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 75% | 58% |
| Expected standard in maths | 73% | 76% | 61% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 76% | 76% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 104.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 105.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | 0.00 | - | - |
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 Burlington 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 | East Riding of Yorkshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 56% | 57.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 57% | 58.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 49% | 57.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 308 |
| 2023/24 | 296 |
| 2024/25 | 290 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Burlington Junior School compares
Burlington Junior School ranked 82nd of 106 primary schools in East Riding of Yorkshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 20% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 49% | 6.5% | 51.7% | 282 | — |
| Burlington Infant School | — | 6.3% | 34.9% | 118 | 0.0 miles |
| Bay Primary School | — | — | — | 397 | 0.4 miles |
| New Pasture Lane Primary School | 56% | 9.5% | 60.7% | 224 | 0.5 miles |
| Martongate Primary School | — | — | — | 388 | 0.7 miles |
| Quay Academy | 76% | 6.5% | 56.1% | 295 | 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report20 January 2026
- 28 September 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 51.72%
- English as an additional language
- 4.1%
- Overall absence
- 6.49%
- Persistent absence
- 20.54%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Burlington Infant School0.0 miles
Primary · Bridlington
-
Bay Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Bridlington
-
New Pasture Lane Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Bridlington
-
Martongate Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Bridlington
-
Quay Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Bridlington
Other schools in Bridlington
Burlington Junior School ranks 7th of the 8 ranked primary schools in Bridlington.
- Bay Primary School Primary
- Bempton Primary School Primary
- Boynton Primary School Primary
- Burlington Infant School Primary
- Flamborough CofE (VC) Primary School Primary
- Hilderthorpe Primary School Primary
- Martongate Primary School Primary
- New Pasture Lane Primary School Primary
- Our Lady and St Peter Catholic Primary School A Catholic Voluntary Academy Primary
- Quay Academy Primary
- Bridlington Nursery School Nursery
- Bridlington School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Burlington Junior School teach?
- Burlington Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Bridlington.
- Who is the headteacher of Burlington Junior School?
- The headteacher of Burlington Junior School is Mrs Louise Kirby, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Burlington Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Burlington 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 Burlington Junior School?
- Burlington Junior School has 282 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Burlington Junior School full?
- Burlington Junior School has capacity for 320 pupils and 282 on roll (88%), 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 Burlington Junior School a faith school?
- No. Burlington Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Burlington Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Burlington Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Burlington 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 49% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Burlington Junior School rank locally?
- Burlington Junior School ranked 82nd of 106 primary schools in East Riding of Yorkshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 20% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Burlington Junior School's absence rate?
- Burlington Junior School's overall absence rate is 6.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Burlington Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Burlington 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 June 2026.