Bratton Fleming Community Primary School

Bratton Fleming Community Primary School is performing well overall, receiving a 'Good' rating across all inspection categories. The school fosters a positive environment where pupils are respectful, considerate, and able to thrive academically, thanks to a strong curriculum focus on reading and mathematics. New leadership has recently taken the helm, bringing with it a commitment to ensuring high expectations and a strong sense of community. The ethos is centered around fostering pride and resilience, which contributes to pupils feeling happy and safe at school.

Strengths

• Effective leadership with high expectations for pupils and staff.
• Positive and respectful behaviour among pupils.
• Strong focus on reading and mathematics with steady progress.
• Support for pupils with special educational needs is prompt and effective.
• Active engagement with the local community enhancing pupils' experiences.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum sequencing in some subjects needs improvement for better knowledge retention.
• Teachers require additional support to strengthen subject knowledge.

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 Bratton Fleming Community Primary School attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.1% 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, 4.4% of pupils at Bratton Fleming Community Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Bratton Fleming Community Primary School had 13.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 60.0% 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, 21.4% of pupils at Bratton Fleming Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.7% 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 2024–25 Bratton Fleming Community Primary School received £11,432 and spent £11,934 for each of its 68 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £51,000 (£743 per pupil).

Across all 35 schools of The Harbour Schools Partnership, income was £6,261 and spending £6,333 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 Barnstaple · Devon local authority: places and applications

Bratton Fleming Community Primary School is part of The Harbour Schools Partnership, which runs 36 schools. The nearest others:

• Shirwell Community Primary School Barnstaple
• Orchard Vale Community School Barnstaple
• Landkey Community Primary Academy Barnstaple
• Eden Park Academy Barnstaple
• Newport Community School Primary Academy Barnstaple
• Ashleigh CofE Primary School Barnstaple
• Marwood School Barnstaple
• The Park Community School Barnstaple
• Pilton Community College Barnstaple
• Sticklepath Community Primary Academy Barnstaple

What is Bratton Fleming Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bratton Fleming Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2022.

When was Bratton Fleming Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Bratton Fleming Community Primary School was last inspected in December 2022.

How many pupils does Bratton Fleming Community Primary School have?

Bratton Fleming Community Primary School has 70 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bratton Fleming Community Primary School cover?

Bratton Fleming Community Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Bratton Fleming Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 33% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Bratton Fleming Community Primary School?

Bratton Fleming Community Primary School is at Station Road, Bratton Fleming, Station Road, Barnstaple, Devon, EX31 4SB.