Braybrook Primary Academy

Braybrook Primary Academy demonstrates a good overall performance since its first inspection under section 5 of the Education Act 2005. The school has established a supportive and inclusive environment where pupils feel proud and are engaged in their learning. With strong leadership and high expectations set by the staff, the curriculum is both ambitious and tailored to meet the diverse needs of the pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Pupils benefit from a range of extracurricular activities, and their personal development is well supported through various leadership roles and themes revisited annually in the curriculum.

Strengths

• Pupils are proud of their school and demonstrate respect towards each other.
• An ambitious curriculum that supports and challenges all pupils.
• Effective staff training to enhance teaching practices.
• Strong reading provision with a new phonics program successfully introduced.
• Support for pupils with SEND is well coordinated and effective.
• Pupils are well-prepared for the next stages of their education.

Areas for Improvement

• Persistently high rates of pupil absence.
• Some parents feel communication from leaders is insufficient and not timely.

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 Braybrook Primary Academy attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.1% 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, 1.0% of pupils at Braybrook 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 Braybrook Primary Academy had 20.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.2% 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, 25.2% of pupils at Braybrook Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.3% 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 Braybrook Primary Academy received £7,905 and spent £7,256 for each of its 209 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £401,000 (£1,919 per pupil).

Across all 15 schools of The Diamond Learning Partnership Trust, income was £7,117 and spending £7,316 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 Peterborough · Peterborough local authority: places and applications

Braybrook Primary Academy is part of The Diamond Learning Partnership Trust, which runs 15 schools. The nearest others:

• Murrow Primary Academy Wisbech
• Burrowmoor Primary Academy March
• Glebelands Primary Academy Chatteris
• Thomas Eaton Primary Academy March
• Kimbolton Primary Academy Huntingdon
• Gorefield Primary Academy Wisbech
• Great Staughton Primary Academy St Neots
• Leverington Primary Academy Wisbech
• Wintringham Primary Academy St. Neots
• The Round House Primary Academy St Neots

What is Braybrook Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Braybrook Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Braybrook Primary Academy was last inspected in July 2023.

How many pupils does Braybrook Primary Academy have?

Braybrook Primary Academy has 206 pupils on roll.

What age range does Braybrook Primary Academy cover?

Braybrook Primary Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Braybrook Primary Academy?

Braybrook Primary Academy is at Braybrook, Orton Goldhay, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 5QL.