Bramshall Meadows First School

Bramshall Meadows First School is a welcoming, newly opened first school within the Innovate2Educate Partnership Limited trust. Inspectors found it good across all inspected areas, with effective safeguarding. Pupils are happy and safe, behave well and achieve well in reading, writing and mathematics; staff have created a calm, respectful atmosphere and high expectations are evident. Early reading and early years provision are particular strengths. Phonics is taught daily from Reception, pupils who need extra help are supported to catch up, and reading for pleasure is encouraged. The curriculum is carefully planned, and trust support has strengthened subject leadership and teaching. Pupils benefit from inclusive extra-curricular activities, visits and responsibilities, and governance and staff well-being are generally well supported. The school still has areas to improve. In a minority of subjects, staff knowledge of the intended curriculum is not fully secure, and recently introduced checks on learning are not fully embedded, so gaps are not always addressed. Support for some pupils with SEND is not consistently effective, meaning they do not always achieve as well as they could. Some parents have been unhappy with aspects of the school's work, and the trust is supporting the school to build stronger parent and community relationships.

Strengths

• Welcoming school with supportive staff and high expectations for pupils
• Pupils are polite, respectful, happy and safe
• Most pupils behave well in a calm learning atmosphere
• Pupils achieve well in reading, writing and mathematics
• Strong early reading provision with daily phonics and effective catch-up support
• Well-planned curriculum with clear knowledge and vocabulary
• Early years provision is inviting and carefully sequenced, especially for physical development
• Inclusive extra-curricular activities, visits and sports competitions enrich pupils' experience
• Pupils develop responsibility through school council and eco-warrior roles
• Trust support strengthens subject leadership and staff well-being
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective
• Governance and trustees fulfil roles and hold leaders to account

Areas for Improvement

• In a minority of subjects, staff knowledge of the intended curriculum is not fully secure
• Recently introduced checks on pupils' learning are not fully embedded
• Teaching does not consistently revisit content to address gaps in pupils' learning
• Support for some pupils with SEND is not consistently effective
• Some pupils with SEND do not achieve as well as they could
• Some parents are unhappy with aspects of the school's work
• Parent and community relationships need strengthening

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 Bramshall Meadows First School attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.5% 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, 1.3% of pupils at Bramshall Meadows First 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 Bramshall Meadows First School had 21.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 6.4% of pupils at Bramshall Meadows First School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.2% 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 Bramshall Meadows First School received £9,346 and spent £9,111 for each of its 80 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £175,000 (£2,182 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of Innovate2Educate Partnership Limited, income was £7,110 and spending £7,298 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 Uttoxeter · Staffordshire local authority: places and applications

Bramshall Meadows First School is part of Innovate2Educate Partnership Limited, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• Oldfields Hall Middle School Uttoxeter
• Windsor Park CE Middle School Uttoxeter
• Picknalls First School Uttoxeter
• Thomas Alleyne's High School Uttoxeter
• All Saints' CofE First School Stoke-On-Trent
• Hutchinson Memorial CofE First School Stoke-On-Trent
• Ryecroft CofE Middle School Rocester
• The Richard Clarke First School Rugeley

What is Bramshall Meadows First School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bramshall Meadows First School is Good, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was Bramshall Meadows First School last inspected by Ofsted?

Bramshall Meadows First School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Bramshall Meadows First School have?

Bramshall Meadows First School has 125 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bramshall Meadows First School cover?

Bramshall Meadows First School for pupils aged 3 to 9.

Where is Bramshall Meadows First School?

Bramshall Meadows First School is at Ivinson Way, Uttoxeter, ST14 5EQ.