Brooklands Primary School

Brooklands Primary School, inspected for the first time since becoming an academy, demonstrates a strong overall performance, rated as good across key areas including the quality of education, behavior, personal development, leadership and management. The school exhibits a positive learning environment where pupils enjoy their time and achieve well, particularly highlighted by the outstanding early years provision that prepares children exceptionally well for Year 1. The supportive staff, high attendance rates, and effective management of student relationships contribute to a positive school culture.

Strengths

• Outstanding early years provision
• Well-sequenced curriculum supporting effective learning
• Strong emphasis on reading and phonics
• Positive pupil behavior and high attendance
• Supportive and caring staff environment
• Engagement in community improvement projects

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent implementation of newer curriculum plans in some subjects
• Need for better adaptation of teaching to meet all pupils' needs

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 Brooklands Primary School attended 96.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 2.8% 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, 0.4% of pupils at Brooklands 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 Brooklands Primary School had 25.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.6% 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, 12.7% of pupils at Brooklands Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.2% 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 Brooklands Primary School received £5,470 and spent £5,566 for each of its 266 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £252,000 (£947 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Orwell Multi Academy Trust, income was £6,821 and spending £6,575 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 Babergh · Suffolk local authority: places and applications

Brooklands Primary School is part of Orwell Multi Academy Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• The Willows Primary School Ipswich
• Halifax Primary School Ipswich
• Handford Hall Primary School Ipswich
• Springfield Infant School and Nursery Ipswich
• Grange Community Primary School Felixstowe
• Grace Cook Primary School Stowmarket

What is Brooklands Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Brooklands Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Brooklands Primary School was last inspected in December 2022.

How many pupils does Brooklands Primary School have?

Brooklands Primary School has 268 pupils on roll.

What age range does Brooklands Primary School cover?

Brooklands Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Brooklands Primary School?

Brooklands Primary School is at Palfrey Heights, Brantham, Nr Manningtree, Suffolk, CO11 1RX.