Brant Broughton Church of England and Methodist Primary School

Brant Broughton Church of England and Methodist Primary School is a small, inclusive and happy school where pupils feel safe and are well cared for. Staff have created a calm, family-like environment, pastoral support is strong and pupils respond well to the school’s emphasis on kindness, courage, humility and hope. Behaviour has improved significantly, attendance has risen, and pupils benefit from a well-planned wider development programme, including responsibilities, debates and visits. Early years provision is a notable strength, and recent work to support pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities has also improved. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. However, the quality of education and leadership and management require improvement. The curriculum is still being developed: some foundation subjects contain too much content and do not identify clearly enough the key knowledge pupils must learn, while the reading curriculum does not build progressively or consistently develop pupils’ understanding of what they read. Teachers do not always identify gaps in pupils’ knowledge or adapt work effectively for all abilities, so some pupils find tasks too easy or too hard. Leaders and governors also lack robust systems for evaluating the impact of changes, which has slowed improvement and led to inconsistencies across the school. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and it has had a new headteacher since the previous inspection. The school is clear about what needs to improve, and partnership work with the local authority and other professionals has increased the pace of change, but some recent changes have not yet had the intended effect.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and are part of a happy, peaceful, family-like school community.
• High-quality pastoral care supports pupils’ well-being effectively.
• Pupils understand and are guided by the virtues of kindness, courage, humility and hope.
• The school is inclusive and helps pupils understand equality, diversity and current affairs.
• Behaviour has significantly improved, with consistent staff approaches and much improved attendance.
• Pupils benefit from a well-planned wider development programme, including responsibilities, role modelling, debates and visits.
• Early years provision is exciting and purposeful, with staff responding well to children’s needs and interests.
• Phonics teaching is strong, with well-trained staff helping pupils become confident decoders.
• Support for pupils with SEND has improved recently, with precise identification, regular review and timely in-class support.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• Some foundation subjects have too much content and do not identify precisely the key knowledge pupils must learn.
• The reading curriculum does not build incrementally or consistently teach pupils to read for meaning.
• Teachers do not accurately identify gaps in pupils’ knowledge or adapt tasks to meet all pupils’ needs.
• Leaders and governors lack systematic evaluation and clear oversight of the impact of changes.
• There are inconsistencies in teaching and learning across the school, and improvement has sometimes been slow.

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 Brant Broughton Church of England and Methodist Primary School attended 90.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.3% 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, 1.4% of pupils at Brant Broughton Church of England and Methodist 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 Brant Broughton Church of England and Methodist Primary School had 13.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 31.7% 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, 14.8% of pupils at Brant Broughton Church of England and Methodist Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.2% 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 Brant Broughton Church of England and Methodist Primary School received £13,112 and spent £14,651 for each of its 61 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £58,000 (£943 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 Brant Broughton Church of England and Methodist Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Brant Broughton Church of England and Methodist Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Brant Broughton Church of England and Methodist Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Brant Broughton Church of England and Methodist Primary School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Brant Broughton Church of England and Methodist Primary School have?

Brant Broughton Church of England and Methodist Primary School has 61 pupils on roll.

What age range does Brant Broughton Church of England and Methodist Primary School cover?

Brant Broughton Church of England and Methodist Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Brant Broughton Church of England and Methodist Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Brant Broughton Church of England and Methodist Primary School?

Brant Broughton Church of England and Methodist Primary School is at Brant Broughton Primary School, Mill Lane, Brant Broughton, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 0RP.