Braywood CofE First School

Braywood C of E First School demonstrates a good overall effectiveness in its recent inspection, maintaining a focus on high expectations for all pupils. The school's caring environment fosters strong relationships among pupils and staff, promoting both kindness and resilience. While the curriculum is ambitious and broad, a few subjects reveal gaps in students' ability to recall previously taught knowledge, suggesting a need for improvement in these areas. Notably, the school shines in personal development, where its strong values significantly enhance pupils' character and understanding of responsibility.

Strengths

• Strong focus on developing resilience among pupils.
• Exceptional personal development program that fosters character building.
• High expectations for pupils' achievement in most subjects.
• Commitment to inclusivity for pupils with special educational needs.
• Strong subject knowledge and teaching skills among staff.
• Effective phonics teaching leading to swift reading development.
• Positive and warm relationships between pupils and staff.

Areas for Improvement

• In a few subjects, pupils struggle to recall key knowledge.
• Activities in some subjects are not always well matched to the needs of SEND pupils.
• Governors do not challenge leaders rigorously on curriculum quality.

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 Braywood CofE First School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.2% 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 Braywood CofE First 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 Braywood CofE First School had 19.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 25.0% 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, 13.3% of pupils at Braywood CofE First School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.8% 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 Braywood CofE First School received £7,557 and spent £8,039 for each of its 120 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £55,000 (-£459 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 Braywood CofE First School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Braywood CofE First School is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Braywood CofE First School last inspected by Ofsted?

Braywood CofE First School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Braywood CofE First School have?

Braywood CofE First School has 120 pupils on roll.

What age range does Braywood CofE First School cover?

Braywood CofE First School for pupils aged 3 to 9.

Where is Braywood CofE First School?

Braywood CofE First School is at Oakley Green Road, Oakley Green, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 4QF.