Clayton Brook Primary School

Clayton Brook Primary School is performing well overall, maintaining a 'Good' rating in all inspected areas. Pupils feel safe and content, with a strong school culture that promotes respect and encourages students to pursue their aspirations. Staff are supportive and attentive, creating an environment where children can thrive socially and academically. The school's leadership has established high expectations for behavior and a well-structured curriculum that prepares pupils effectively for their future educational journeys. While the school has many strengths, including a strong focus on early reading and support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), there is an area requiring attention. Some students are struggling with reading due to a mismatch between the books provided and the phonics knowledge they have acquired. This challenge slightly hampers their reading fluency and accuracy, indicating a need for improved alignment in reading resources. Despite this concern, the overall reputation of the school remains positive among parents and the community.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and happy at school.
• Strong school culture promotes respect and support.
• High expectations for pupil behavior.
• Well-structured curriculum prepares pupils for future education.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND.
• Wide range of extra-curricular activities available.
• Strong knowledge and training of teachers in curriculum delivery.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils struggle with reading due to book mismatches with their phonics knowledge.

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 Clayton Brook Primary School attended 90.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 33.3% 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, 4.3% of pupils at Clayton Brook 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 Clayton Brook Primary School had 14.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 34.9% 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, 14.4% of pupils at Clayton Brook Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 5 pupils.

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 Clayton Brook Primary School received £10,458 and spent £10,625 for each of its 159 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £68,000 (£428 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 Clayton Brook Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Clayton Brook Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Clayton Brook Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Clayton Brook Primary School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Clayton Brook Primary School have?

Clayton Brook Primary School has 160 pupils on roll.

What age range does Clayton Brook Primary School cover?

Clayton Brook Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 32% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Clayton Brook Primary School?

Clayton Brook Primary School is at Great Greens Lane, Bamber Bridge, Preston, Lancashire, PR5 8HL.