Drapers' Brookside Junior School
Dagnam Park Drive, Harold Hill, Romford, RM3 9DJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- DRAPERS' MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Executive Principal
- Mrs Angela Winch
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Drapers Company
- Constituency
- Hornchurch and Upminster
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 234
- URN
- 140818
- Local authority
- Havering
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01708371331
About this school
Drapers' Brookside Junior School is a primary academy in Romford. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 234 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Drapers' Brookside Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out 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 26 January 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 | 59 | 59 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 47% | 32% | 47% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 5% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 59% | 42% | 65% |
| Expected standard in maths | 59% | 47% | 57% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 51% | 44% | 57% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 99.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.50 | - | - |
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 Drapers' Brookside 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 | Havering average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 47% | 61.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 32% | 62.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 47% | 63.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 238 |
| 2023/24 | 234 |
| 2024/25 | 238 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Drapers' Brookside Junior School compares
Drapers' Brookside Junior School ranked 44th of 49 primary schools in Havering for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 18% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 47% | 7.1% | 50.8% | 234 | — |
| Drapers' Brookside Infant School | — | 7.5% | 36.3% | 198 | 0.0 miles |
| Mead Primary School | 40% | 6.1% | 38.5% | 801 | 0.5 miles |
| Broadford Primary School | 49% | 5.1% | 31.5% | 654 | 0.5 miles |
| Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School | 46% | 7% | 42.9% | 277 | 0.6 miles |
| St Ursula's Catholic Primary School | 63% | 3.1% | 15.3% | 423 | 0.7 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)
- 50.84%
- English as an additional language
- 35.3%
- Overall absence
- 7.12%
- Persistent absence
- 21.46%
Location
Nearby schools
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Drapers' Brookside Infant School0.0 miles
Primary · Romford
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Mead Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Romford
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Broadford Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Romford
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Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School0.6 miles
Primary · Romford
-
St Ursula's Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Romford
Other schools in Romford
Drapers' Brookside Junior School ranks 31st of the 34 ranked primary schools in Romford.
- Barley Lane Primary School Primary
- Broadford Primary School Primary
- Chadwell Primary School Primary
- Clockhouse Primary School Primary
- Concordia Academy Primary
- Crowlands Primary School Primary
- Crownfield Infant School Primary
- Crownfield Junior School Primary
- Dame Tipping Church of England Primary School Primary
- Drapers' Brookside Infant School Primary
- Drapers' Maylands Primary School Primary
- Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Drapers' Brookside Junior School teach?
- Drapers' Brookside Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Romford.
- Who is the executive principal of Drapers' Brookside Junior School?
- The executive principal of Drapers' Brookside Junior School is Mrs Angela Winch, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Drapers' Brookside Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Drapers' Brookside 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 many pupils are at Drapers' Brookside Junior School?
- Drapers' Brookside Junior School has 234 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Drapers' Brookside Junior School full?
- Drapers' Brookside Junior School has capacity for 240 pupils and 234 on roll (98%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Drapers' Brookside Junior School a faith school?
- No. Drapers' Brookside Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Drapers' Brookside Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Drapers' Brookside Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Drapers' Brookside Junior School part of an academy trust?
- Drapers' Brookside Junior School is part of DRAPERS' MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Drapers' Brookside Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 47% in 2022/23 and 47% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Drapers' Brookside Junior School compare with other schools in Havering?
- Drapers' Brookside Junior School ranked 44th of 49 primary schools in Havering for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 18% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Drapers' Brookside Junior School's absence rate?
- Drapers' Brookside Junior School's overall absence rate is 7.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Drapers' Brookside Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Drapers' Brookside 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 1 July 2026.