Bramcote Hills Primary School

Bramcote Hills Primary School is a highly effective, larger-than-average primary school where pupils achieve well and all inspected areas are strong. Pupils, including disadvantaged pupils and those who face barriers to learning, make secure progress and most attain well. Published outcomes are consistently above national averages in reading, writing and mathematics, and disadvantaged pupils' results are generally above or close to national figures, with the disadvantage gap narrowing in recent years. The curriculum is ambitious, broad, well sequenced and taught effectively, with precise early reading and phonics and strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Attendance is excellent, behaviour is calm and orderly, and personal development and wellbeing are embedded across the school. Early years provision is purposeful and well organised. Leadership and governance are strong, parents are overwhelmingly positive, staff feel supported, and safeguarding standards are met. The school has no relevant changes since its previous inspection and does not use alternative provision. No specific weaknesses or areas of underperformance were identified. The next steps ask leaders and governors to sustain the effectiveness of their work in all areas and continue improving outcomes for all pupils, particularly disadvantaged pupils, those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, those known or previously known to children's social care, and those facing other barriers to learning or wellbeing.

Strengths

• Ambitious, broad and well-sequenced curriculum across subjects and phases
• Strong teaching with clear explanations, modelling and precise questioning
• Pupils achieve well, including disadvantaged pupils, with outcomes above national averages
• Early reading and phonics are taught precisely and consistently
• Effective inclusion and timely support for pupils with SEND and barriers to learning
• Excellent attendance supported by meticulous daily checks and early help
• Calm, orderly behaviour underpinned by consistent routines and an explicit behaviour curriculum
• Purposeful early years provision with rich language interactions and strong foundations
• Strong personal development, wellbeing and safety education
• Strategic and effective governance that holds leaders to account
• Positive parent engagement and a supportive leadership culture
• Safeguarding standards are met with an open and positive safeguarding culture

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 Bramcote Hills Primary School attended 96.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.2% 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 Bramcote Hills 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 Bramcote Hills Primary School had 26.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.9% 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, 11.1% of pupils at Bramcote Hills Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.5% 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 Bramcote Hills Primary School received £6,113 and spent £6,265 for each of its 416 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £52,000 (£124 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 Bramcote Hills Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bramcote Hills Primary School is Strong standard, from an inspection in February 2026.

When was Bramcote Hills Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Bramcote Hills Primary School was last inspected in February 2026.

How many pupils does Bramcote Hills Primary School have?

Bramcote Hills Primary School has 416 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bramcote Hills Primary School cover?

Bramcote Hills Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Bramcote Hills Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Bramcote Hills Primary School?

Bramcote Hills Primary School is at Moor Lane, Bramcote Hills, Bramcote, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 3GE.