Bramhope Primary School

Bramhope Primary School is a happy, inclusive and highly effective school where pupils achieve very highly and behaviour is exemplary. The curriculum is highly ambitious and carefully tailored, with strong foundations in the early years, very effective reading and phonics teaching, and strong support for pupils with SEND, disadvantaged pupils and pupils new to English. Pupils benefit from exceptional pastoral care, a wide enrichment programme and meaningful leadership roles that help them develop confidence and responsibility. Leadership is exceptionally strong, staff morale is high, and trustees and governors provide effective support and challenge. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. Published writing outcomes were lower than in other subjects last year, but leaders took effective action and outcomes are now exceptionally strong overall. The school is an academy within Collaborative Learning Trust and has grown rapidly in recent years. This was its first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and it had not previously been inspected under section 5; under the current framework no overall effectiveness grade is awarded.

Strengths

• Highly ambitious curriculum tailored to pupils' diverse needs
• Strong early years foundations that build knowledge from the start
• Very effective reading and phonics teaching
• Early identification and support for pupils who struggle with reading
• Exceptional professional development equips staff to support all pupils
• Many pupils with SEND achieve very highly
• Exemplary pupil behaviour and a safe, respectful learning environment
• Extremely well-planned enrichment that develops talents and interests
• Pupils take on leadership roles and contribute to the school and community
• Exceptionally strong leadership with high staff morale
• Trustees and local governors provide appropriate support and challenge
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

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 Bramhope Primary School attended 96.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.5% 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, 0.2% of pupils at Bramhope 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 Bramhope Primary School had 25.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.8% 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, 15.5% of pupils at Bramhope Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.2% 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 Bramhope Primary School received £5,933 and spent £5,804 for each of its 415 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £48,000 (£115 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Collaborative Learning Trust, income was £7,473 and spending £7,337 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

Bramhope Primary School is part of Collaborative Learning Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• St. Oswald's CofE Primary School Leeds
• Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College Otley
• Otley the Whartons Primary School Otley
• Ashfield Primary School Otley
• St Marys Church of England Primary Academy Leeds
• All Saints CofE Primary School Bradford
• Trinity All Saints CofE VA Primary School Bingley
• Micklefield Church of England Primary Academy Leeds

What is Bramhope Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bramhope Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was Bramhope Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Bramhope Primary School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Bramhope Primary School have?

Bramhope Primary School has 431 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bramhope Primary School cover?

Bramhope Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Bramhope Primary School?

Bramhope Primary School is at Breary Rise, Leeds, LS16 9AL.