Bramham Primary School

Bramham Primary School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school. Pupils exhibit happiness and engagement, demonstrating positive behaviors and strong relationships with adults and peers. The school emphasizes character development through core values and provides a supportive environment. Teachers have implemented a well-structured curriculum, particularly excelling in reading and mathematics, where pupils show good progress, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). However, there are areas for improvement, particularly in ensuring that learning in other subjects is reinforced appropriately over time. While the school promotes various extracurricular activities and encourages participation in sports, there remains a need to broaden the opportunities available for pupils to explore their interests in other areas. Additionally, the communication with parents can be enhanced for better community engagement. This report marks the first ungraded inspection since the school was previously rated as good in 2018, indicating a positive continuity in leadership and educational experience despite the challenges posed by the pandemic.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and enjoy coming to school.
• The school promotes strong relationships and a safe environment.
• High expectations of behavior are met by pupils.
• The ambitious curriculum is well-structured and sequential.
• Reading is prioritized with effective phonics instruction.
• Teachers routinely check pupils' understanding and provide support.
• Good achievement in mathematics for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Positive attitudes to learning are demonstrated by pupils.
• Highly effective personal, social, and health education.
• Staff experience is overwhelmingly positive.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent retention of knowledge in some subjects.
• Limited opportunities for pupils to develop interests outside of sports.
• Communication with parents needs improvement.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Bramham Primary School attended 96.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.6% of pupils at Bramham Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Bramham Primary School had 19.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 17.4% of pupils at Bramham Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Bramham Primary School received £7,457 and spent £7,888 for each of its 184 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £242,000 (-£1,313 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Bramham Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bramham Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Bramham Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Bramham Primary School was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Bramham Primary School have?

Bramham Primary School has 184 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bramham Primary School cover?

Bramham Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

What are Bramham Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Bramham Primary School?

Bramham Primary School is at Clifford Road, Bramham, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS23 6JQ.