Brampton Primary School

Brampton Primary School is a caring school where pupils are well looked after and receive strong pastoral support. Relationships are positive, pupils generally behave well and show positive attitudes to learning, and they take pride in responsibilities such as school councillor, librarian and mini reader. Personal development is a strength, early years provision gets children off to a strong start, attendance is positive and safeguarding is effective. However, the quality of education is not yet good, and inconsistencies mean pupils do not achieve as well as they should. The new leadership team, in post since September 2023, has made significant changes to the curriculum, safeguarding and early years, and has identified the right priorities for further improvement. Reading is prioritised and the phonics programme is well organised and consistently taught, with pupils who fall behind quickly supported. In most subjects the new curriculum is well designed, but implementation is at an early stage: in some lessons pupils, including some with SEND, do not complete tasks that help them think deeply, and pupils do not remember key content over time. The reading curriculum beyond phonics is not clearly sequenced, and for some pupils with SEND the precise small steps of improvement are not clear enough to check achievement accurately. Behaviour is typically good, but the school does not review patterns of behaviour well enough to know whether its changes are working. The anti-bullying policy is not consistently understood or applied, so not all incidents are dealt with as thoroughly as they should be. This was the first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and the first since the new headteacher and assistant headteachers took up post. The school also has an enhanced resource provision for up to 14 pupils with autism.

Strengths

• Strong pastoral support and positive relationships between staff and pupils
• Pupils show positive attitudes to learning and typically behave well
• Personal development is a strength, underpinned by a robust PSHE programme
• Early years provision is meticulously organised and gives children a strong start
• Phonics is well organised, consistently taught and pupils who fall behind are quickly supported
• Attendance is positive, with the right balance of challenge and support
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective
• Pupils take on a wide range of responsibilities and contribute to school life
• Pupils with SEND, including those in the enhanced resource provision, are well cared for
• The new leadership team has made significant changes and identified the right priorities

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum implementation is at an early stage and pupils do not consistently remember key content over time
• The reading curriculum beyond phonics is not fully sequenced
• Systems for identifying and checking the precise small steps of progress for some pupils with SEND are not consistent
• In some lessons, pupils including those with SEND do not complete activities that deepen their understanding
• The school does not review patterns of behaviour well enough to evaluate the impact of changes
• The anti-bullying policy is not consistently understood or applied by staff and pupils
• Oversight of curriculum subjects is at an early stage
• The quality of education is not yet good

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 Brampton Primary School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.4% 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 Brampton 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 Brampton Primary School had 18.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.7% 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, 19.9% of pupils at Brampton Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 14.7% 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 Brampton Primary School received £10,106 and spent £10,326 for each of its 277 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £196,000 (-£711 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 Brampton Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Brampton Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Brampton Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Brampton Primary School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Brampton Primary School have?

Brampton Primary School has 286 pupils on roll.

What age range does Brampton Primary School cover?

Brampton Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 21% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Brampton Primary School?

Brampton Primary School is at School Board Lane, Brampton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S40 1DD.