Bramley Vale Primary & Nursery School

Bramley Vale Primary School is performing well overall, with a 'Good' rating in all inspected areas, including the quality of education, behaviour, personal development, leadership, and early years provision. The school is recognized for its warm environment and high expectations for students, who express enjoyment in their learning and feel safe. The curriculum is ambitious and effectively designed to ensure that pupils, including those with special educational needs, thrive academically. While the school has notable strengths, such as a structured phonics program and a commitment to pupils' leadership development, there are areas for improvement. Some teachers need to better implement strategies to support students with special educational needs, and there is a need for more explicit teaching on British values and diverse faiths. Overall, the report indicates a positive trajectory, supported by a training framework for staff and a responsive leadership team.

Strengths

• High expectations for all pupils
• Excellent behaviour in classrooms and at social times
• Ambitious and well-structured curriculum
• Strong focus on reading and effective phonics program
• Pupils develop leadership skills
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs
• Extensive range of extracurricular activities and visits

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent implementation of support strategies for pupils with SEND
• Need for clearer teaching on British values and different faiths

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 Bramley Vale Primary & Nursery School attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.8% 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, 0.8% of pupils at Bramley Vale Primary & Nursery 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 Bramley Vale Primary & Nursery School had 20.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.5% 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, 7.3% of pupils at Bramley Vale Primary & Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.2% 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 Bramley Vale Primary & Nursery School received £8,926 and spent £8,985 for each of its 133 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £212,000 (£1,603 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 Bramley Vale Primary & Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bramley Vale Primary & Nursery School is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Bramley Vale Primary & Nursery School last inspected by Ofsted?

Bramley Vale Primary & Nursery School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Bramley Vale Primary & Nursery School have?

Bramley Vale Primary & Nursery School has 137 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bramley Vale Primary & Nursery School cover?

Bramley Vale Primary & Nursery School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Bramley Vale Primary & Nursery School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Bramley Vale Primary & Nursery School?

Bramley Vale Primary & Nursery School is at York Crescent, Doe Lea, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S44 5PF.