Brambles Primary Academy

Brambles Primary Academy has demonstrated solid overall effectiveness with a 'Good' rating across all inspected areas, marking its first inspection since opening as a free school in 2018. The school benefits from a culture of high expectations, which fosters exemplary behaviour among pupils and a supportive environment for learning. Leaders have put in place a well-structured curriculum, especially in core subjects like English, mathematics, and science, ensuring that pupils develop secure knowledge and skills. However, some foundation subjects lack clear expectations, which affects pupil performance and understanding.

Strengths

• Pupils exhibit exemplary behaviour and manners.
• Teachers have high ambitions for pupils' knowledge and skills.
• Strong leadership by new leaders who are building on previous successes.
• Pupils with SEND receive effective support tailored to their needs.
• Early years provision is expertly managed, fostering curiosity and purpose.
• Pupils participate enthusiastically in class discussions using advanced vocabulary.

Areas for Improvement

• Some foundation subjects lack clearly defined knowledge expectations.
• Too many pupils are persistently absent from school.
• Limited opportunities for educational visits that enhance cultural understanding.

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 Brambles Primary Academy attended 94.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.9% 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, 3.4% of pupils at Brambles Primary Academy 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 Brambles Primary Academy had 24.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.5% 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, 15.2% of pupils at Brambles Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.5% 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 2024–25 Brambles Primary Academy received £6,982 and spent £6,513 for each of its 379 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £431,000 (£1,137 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of South Pennine Academies, income was £8,124 and spending £8,234 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Huddersfield · Kirklees local authority: places and applications

Brambles Primary Academy is part of South Pennine Academies, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• Hillside Primary School Huddersfield
• Beaumont Primary Academy Huddersfield
• Moor End Academy Huddersfield
• Kirkheaton Primary School Huddersfield
• Park Lane Academy Halifax
• Orchard Primary Academy Dewsbury
• Woodlands Primary Academy Oldham
• Willowpark Primary Academy Oldham
• Greenacres Primary Academy Oldham

What is Brambles Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Brambles Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Brambles Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Brambles Primary Academy was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Brambles Primary Academy have?

Brambles Primary Academy has 382 pupils on roll.

What age range does Brambles Primary Academy cover?

Brambles Primary Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Brambles Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Brambles Primary Academy?

Brambles Primary Academy is at Cambridge Road, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 5BU.