Brunswick Park Primary School

Brunswick Park Primary is a strong, inclusive primary school where high academic expectations are matched by a warm, family-like community. Pupils achieve well, especially in reading, writing and mathematics, and the broad curriculum is enriched by frequent trips, clubs, music and art. Pupils are considerate and respectful, behaviour is excellent, and the personal development programme prepares them well for life beyond school, including health, wellbeing and online safety. The school also has a specially resourced provision for pupils with autism, and leaders ensure these pupils access an ambitious curriculum and mainstream opportunities wherever possible. Leadership and governance are effective, safeguarding is secure, and staff are well supported with professional development and workload considered. Early years provision is effective, and reading is particularly well embedded, with strong support for pupils who need to catch up. Pupils with SEND are typically well supported in mainstream classes. The main area for improvement is that teaching is not consistently adapted when checks reveal gaps in pupils’ knowledge and skills. In a few subjects and some early years aspects, curriculum design is still being refined. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and inspectors took the pandemic’s impact into account.

Strengths

• High academic expectations are matched by strong pupil engagement and achievement.
• Reading curriculum is well embedded, with daily engaging reading and effective catch-up support.
• Pupils behave exceptionally well and are kind, respectful and supportive of one another.
• Personal development is a standout, covering health, wellbeing and online safety.
• Pupils take on meaningful leadership and community roles across the school.
• Broad curriculum is enriched by frequent educational visits, clubs, music and art opportunities.
• Specially resourced provision for pupils with autism provides an ambitious curriculum and strong pastoral care.
• Governance is skilled and holds leaders to account effectively.
• Staff workload is considered and professional development is frequent and relevant.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• Teaching is occasionally not adapted for some pupils when gaps in knowledge and skills are not identified.
• Some teachers do not routinely check that pupils have learned key knowledge and skills, so learning can be less secure.
• Curriculum design in a few subjects and some aspects of early years is still being refined.

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 Brunswick Park Primary School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.0% 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, 0.9% of pupils at Brunswick Park 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 Brunswick Park Primary School had 23.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 38.1% 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, 19.0% of pupils at Brunswick Park Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 8 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 Brunswick Park Primary School received £10,151 and spent £9,677 for each of its 408 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £391,000 (£960 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 Brunswick Park Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Brunswick Park Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was Brunswick Park Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Brunswick Park Primary School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Brunswick Park Primary School have?

Brunswick Park Primary School has 415 pupils on roll.

What age range does Brunswick Park Primary School cover?

Brunswick Park Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Brunswick Park Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 82% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Brunswick Park Primary School?

Brunswick Park Primary School is at Picton Street, Camberwell, London, SE5 7QH.