Brunswick School

Brunswick School continues to provide a good educational experience for its pupils, fostering a warm and positive environment where students feel valued and secure. The school has implemented high expectations for student behavior and achievement, which has contributed to a strong sense of community among pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Parents express their satisfaction with the nurturing atmosphere that supports both academic and personal development, highlighting the school's commitment to inclusiveness and student well-being.

Strengths

• Pupils thrive on positive and nurturing relationships with staff.
• High aspirations and inclusive vision drive school leadership.
• Swift and effective actions taken to support pupils' achievement.
• Well-designed curriculum in the early years that prioritizes communication and language skills.
• Strong emphasis on phonics and mathematics with effective teaching.
• Pupils behave well and respond positively to high expectations.
• Effective safeguarding measures with a strong culture of safety.

Areas for Improvement

• Some curriculum areas lack finalization in subject leadership, leading to unclear key knowledge for teachers.
• Activities in some subjects do not promote necessary depth of knowledge for all pupils.
• Attendance issues among a small number of pupils affecting their learning.

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 Brunswick School attended 93.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.5% 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, 0.7% of pupils at Brunswick 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 Brunswick School had 17.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 29.3% of pupils at Brunswick School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.3% 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 Brunswick School received £8,252 and spent £9,114 for each of its 128 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £167,000 (-£1,301 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 Brunswick School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Brunswick School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Brunswick School last inspected by Ofsted?

Brunswick School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Brunswick School have?

Brunswick School has 140 pupils on roll.

What age range does Brunswick School cover?

Brunswick School for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is Brunswick School?

Brunswick School is at Brunswick Road, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 7LX.