Brookland Junior School, Waltham Cross

Ofsted's report card from its 14 April 2026 inspection grades Brookland Junior School on 6 areas: 3 strong standard and 3 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders have established clear systems that draw on a wide range of information about pupils' needs, such as disadvantage or special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders have established a culture of high expectations and professionalism across the school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have put in place a well designed programme for pupils' personal development and wellbeing."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Typically, pupils have the age appropriate knowledge and skills they need to progress to the next stage of learning."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "An ethos of respect is evident throughout the school."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have carefully sequenced the curriculum so that pupils build new learning securely on what they know already."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Staff should take appropriate action to identify and address errors in pupils' spelling and handwriting in all curriculum subjects, in order to strengthen these aspects of pupils' foundational knowledge"; "Leaders should continue to support disadvantaged pupils to attend school regularly so that their attendance improves even further"; "Leaders should ensure that pupils have more opportunities to practise and apply their writing knowledge across the curriculum".

In its own words: "Brookland Junior School is a welcoming and nurturing school where the children are at the heart of everything we do. We are passionate about children's education and thrive to do the best we can for each and every pupil."

From the headteacher's welcome: "I have been the Headteacher at Brookland Junior School for 5 years and am now the Executive Headteacher of the Brookland Federation. I am very fortunate to lead both Brookland Infant and Nursery School and Brookland Junior School."

The school runs after-school care, from £5 per day.

In 2025, 87% of Year 6 pupils at Brookland Junior School reached the expected standard in reading and 86% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 79% and 76% in Hertfordshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (91% in reading, 85% in maths).

Across Hertfordshire, 89% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 98% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Hertfordshire lodged 319 appeals against primary school offers; 155 reached a hearing and 21 succeeded (13.5% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to Brookland Junior School are Brookland Infant and Nursery School (under 0.1 miles, Good); Churchfield Church of England Academy (0.4 miles, Good, 71% reading, 68% maths); Millbrook School (0.4 miles, Requires improvement, 60% reading, 60% maths); and Burleigh Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 75% reading, 70% maths).

Brookland Junior School's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.

28.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (48%), Mixed (14%) and Black (8%).

In 2026, 62 pupils (18.7%) received SEN support and 9 (2.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Cheshunt Rail Station, about 820 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

In August 2026, police recorded 300 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Hertfordshire (138), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Brookland Junior School issued 12 suspensions, 3.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Brookland Junior School are Haileybury Turnford (0.1 miles), Goffs - Churchgate Academy (1 mile) and Goffs Academy (1.3 miles).