Bramcote CofE Primary School

Bramcote Church of England Primary School continues to maintain its good quality of education. Pupils at the school are enthusiastic learners who enjoy their time at school and have built positive relationships with one another and with staff. The school's environment fosters a sense of safety and respect, encouraging pupils to uphold the school's values through commendable behavior. The leadership team is actively revising the curriculum to ensure a structured approach to knowledge and skills acquisition, but some areas, such as design and technology and geography, require further development, particularly due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, parents express satisfaction with the school's nurturing environment and care for their children, but some seek improved communication regarding curricular content.

Strengths

• Pupils display a strong eagerness to learn and engage positively with one another.
• Well-structured daily phonics sessions provide pupils with essential foundational skills.
• The mathematics curriculum is logically structured, promoting deep understanding.
• Early years support effectively enhances children's speech, language, and communication skills.
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils foster a sense of safety and belonging.
• Governors demonstrate ambition and provide effective challenge and support to school leaders.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum planning and sequencing need improvement in subjects like geography and design technology.
• Some pupils struggle to catch up in reading due to mismatched books and insufficient support.
• Communication with parents regarding curricular updates is not consistently effective.

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 CofE Primary School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.5% 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, 1.0% of pupils at Bramcote CofE 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 CofE Primary School had 19.2 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, 10.6% of pupils at Bramcote CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.0% 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 CofE Primary School received £6,644 and spent £6,714 for each of its 199 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £40,000 (£201 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 CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bramcote CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2022.

When was Bramcote CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Bramcote CofE Primary School was last inspected in March 2022.

How many pupils does Bramcote CofE Primary School have?

Bramcote CofE Primary School has 199 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bramcote CofE Primary School cover?

Bramcote CofE Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Bramcote CofE Primary School?

Bramcote CofE Primary School is at Hanley Avenue, Bramcote, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 3HE.