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Beulah Junior School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 7–11 · Community school
Beulah Road, Thornton Heath CR7 8JF · beulahjuniors.co.uk · 020 8653 4921
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 59%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Croydon 68%, England 62%
- Pupils
- 215
- 90% of 240 places
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Free school meals
- 49.3%
- First language not English
- 69.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Results
In 2024/25, 59% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% the higher standard. Across Croydon it was 68%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼59% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Beulah Junior School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 18 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 18 Jun 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Oct 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Nov 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
72% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (18 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 72%
- Replies
- 18
- 8% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 56% who raised concerns
based on the 39% who had a child bullied