Bramley Park Academy

Bramley Park Academy is performing exceptionally well, achieving an overall effectiveness rating of outstanding during its first inspection. The school boasts an ambitious curriculum, positive pupil behavior, and a strong commitment to developing each child's potential. Leaders focus on providing a respectful and inclusive environment, demonstrating a genuine commitment to both academic excellence and the holistic development of their students. The supportive approach to pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is particularly noteworthy, ensuring all students can thrive. Despite challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the school's proactive strategies have minimized any adverse impacts on learning outcomes, particularly in early years and key stage 1. The dedication of staff to maintaining high standards in teaching and personal development shines through, with pupils reporting a happy and safe learning environment that fosters respect and community engagement.

Strengths

• Highly ambitious and well-planned curriculum
• Exemplary behavior of pupils inside and outside the classroom
• Strong support for pupils with SEND
• Robust early years provision
• Well-structured approach to reading and phonics
• Positive relationships among students and staff
• Wide range of extra-curricular opportunities available to all pupils

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 Bramley Park Academy attended 93.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 20.6% 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 Bramley Park 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 Bramley Park Academy had 19.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.2% 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, 28.1% of pupils at Bramley Park Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 19 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 2024–25 Bramley Park Academy received £8,134 and spent £8,304 for each of its 324 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £242,000 (£747 per pupil).

Across all 25 schools of Wellspring Academy Trust, income was £12,764 and spending £12,663 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 Leeds · Leeds local authority: places and applications

Bramley Park Academy is part of Wellspring Academy Trust, which runs 25 schools. The nearest others:

• Penny Field School Leeds
• Ebor Gardens Primary Academy Leeds
• Green Meadows Academy Leeds
• Victoria Primary Academy Leeds
• Springwell Leeds Academy Leeds
• Elements Primary School Leeds
• Parkside School Bradford
• Forest Moor School Harrogate
• Joseph Norton Academy Huddersfield
• The Forest School Knaresborough

What is Bramley Park Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bramley Park Academy is Outstanding, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Bramley Park Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Bramley Park Academy was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Bramley Park Academy have?

Bramley Park Academy has 334 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bramley Park Academy cover?

Bramley Park Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Bramley Park Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Bramley Park Academy?

Bramley Park Academy is at Fairfield Hill, Bramley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS13 3DP.