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Brailes Church of England Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 114 pupils Banbury
Ofsted: Good
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Brailes Church of England Primary School is an academy converter in Banbury for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 114 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Brailes Church of England Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2018 of its predecessor, Brailes CofE Primary School. In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. It is hard to get into: 12 of the 25 families who put it first for a Reception place in September 2026 did not get one. Pupils turn up more reliably than at most other primary school: they missed just 3.1% of sessions in 2024/25, against 5.2% nationally.

Ofsted inspection: January 2025. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Church of England
Address Lower Brailes
Banbury
Warwickshire
OX15 5AP
Phone 01608685253
Reference Number 148676

General Makeup

Number of pupils 114
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50%
Girls: 50%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 10.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 6.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 31.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 9 6 15
2 8 6 14
3 4 8 12
4 5 12 17
5 2 4 6
6 5 9 14

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 90.4%
White, Other 5.3%
White & Black (African) 1.8%
White & Asian 0.9%
Asian, Other 0.9%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Brailes CofE Primary School, inspected in May 2018.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 03 Dec 2024 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
03 Dec 2024 School inspection
06 Aug 2021 Academy conversion letter
22 May 2018 Short inspection
Previously as Brailes CofE Primary School
02 Oct 2014 Full inspection:
15 Jan 2013 Interim assessment
16 Jun 2010 Full inspection:
06 Feb 2007 Full inspection:
20 May 2002 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 75%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 111
Maths 107

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 0.3
Writing 1.8
Maths 0.4

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Progress Scores

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 23 1
Third Preference 8 0
From another Local Authority 8 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Brailes Church of England Primary School had 85 pupils for 105 places. 20 places (19.0%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Compton and Brailes Primary” planning area

Warwickshire counted 27 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 28 in 2029–30, up 4%.

2022202320242025
Places 105105105105
Pupils 85868885
Unfilled 19.0%18.1%16.2%19.0%

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 Brailes Church of England Primary School attended 96.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 2.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2022202320242025
Authorised absence 4.6%3.7%3.9%2.5%
Unauthorised absence 0.4%0.3%0.3%0.5%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%1.3%0.0%

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 Brailes Church of England Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 1.19.12.90.0
Permanent exclusions 0000

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 Brailes Church of England Primary School had 25.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 22.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 9.611.813.816.316.4
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%17.8%0.0%22.2%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 80.0%60.0%50.0%0.0%–
Sick days per teacher 11.21.02.30.0–

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, 12.3% of pupils at Brailes Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Autistic spectrum disorder 5 4
Specific learning difficulty 4 0
Social, emotional and mental health 2 1
No specialist assessment of need 1 0
Physical disability 1 0
Speech, language and communication needs 0 1
Vision impairment 1 0

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 Brailes Church of England Primary School received £7,986 and spent £8,190 for each of its 105 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £102,000 (£969 per pupil).

Across all 5 schools of The Stour Federation, income was £7,133 and spending £7,171 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2022202320242025
Revenue reserve £90,000£109,000£124,000£102,000
per pupil £1,000£1,115£1,188£969
In-year balance £22,000£26,000£35,000-£21,000
per pupil £246£266£333-£204

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.

Name Distance
Sibford Gower Endowed Primary School
Acre Ditch, Sibford Gower, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 5RW
2.93 miles
Shipston-on-Stour Primary School
Station Road, Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, CV36 4BT
3.43 miles
Tysoe CofE Primary School
School Lane, Tysoe, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV35 0SD
3.68 miles
Newbold and Tredington CofE Primary School
Manor Farm Road, Tredington, Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, CV36 4NZ
4.22 miles
Shenington Church of England Primary School
Stocking Lane, Shenington, Stocking Lane, Shenington, Oxfordshire, OX15 6NF
4.26 miles
Acorns Primary School
School Close, Long Compton, Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, CV36 5LA
4.42 miles
Hook Norton Church of England Primary School
Sibford Road, Hook Norton, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 5JS
4.57 miles
Great Rollright Church of England (Aided) Primary School
Church End, Great Rollright, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 5SA
4.99 miles
Name Distance
Sibford School
Sibford Ferris, Banbury, OX15 5QL
3.32 miles
Shipston High School
Darlingscote Road, Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, CV36 4DY
3.66 miles
Swalcliffe Park School CIO
Swalcliffe, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 5EP
4.34 miles

All schools in Banbury · Warwickshire local authority: places and applications

Brailes Church of England Primary School is part of The Stour Federation, which runs 5 schools. The nearest others:

What is Brailes Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Brailes Church of England Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2018 of its predecessor, Brailes CofE Primary School.

When was Brailes Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Brailes Church of England Primary School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Brailes Church of England Primary School have?

Brailes Church of England Primary School has 114 pupils on roll.

What age range does Brailes Church of England Primary School cover?

Brailes Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Brailes Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Brailes Church of England Primary School?

Brailes Church of England Primary School is at Lower Brailes, Banbury, Warwickshire, OX15 5AP.

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