Brunel Field Primary School

Brunel Field Primary School has made a successful transition to a new leadership team and has been evaluated as a 'Good' school overall in its first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and following a lengthy gap since its last evaluation. The school demonstrates a strong commitment to providing a supportive and caring environment for its students, which is reflected in the positive feedback from parents and the emphasis on pupils' well-being and safety. The curriculum is well designed, particularly in reading and mathematics, ensuring that students are prepared for future learning, although some subjects need clearer targets for knowledge retention.

Strengths

• Pupils display polite and welcoming behavior.
• Strong pastoral care and community feel among students.
• Ambitious curriculum centered around reading.
• Effective phonics teaching supports early reading development.
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs.

Areas for Improvement

• Key knowledge in some subjects is not precisely identified.
• Assessment methods do not always effectively check on pupils' understanding.
• Gaps in knowledge retention observed in certain subject areas, such as art.

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 Brunel Field Primary School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.6% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Brunel Field 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 Brunel Field Primary School had 20.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.6% 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, 10.6% of pupils at Brunel Field Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.0% 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.

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What is Brunel Field Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Brunel Field Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Brunel Field Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Brunel Field Primary School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Brunel Field Primary School have?

Brunel Field Primary School has 398 pupils on roll.

What age range does Brunel Field Primary School cover?

Brunel Field Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Brunel Field Primary School?

Brunel Field Primary School is at College Road, Bristol, BS7 9JT.