Leigh and Bransford Primary School

Leigh and Bransford Primary School is performing well overall, demonstrating strong standards across various domains. The school has established a culture of safeguarding and high expectations for attendance, with pupils generally eager to learn and attend school. Pupils achieve well, particularly in reading, and are well-prepared for their next stages of education. The curriculum is broad and well-sequenced, with effective support for disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Strengths

• Strong safeguarding culture ensuring pupils feel safe.
• Pupils achieve well across the curriculum, especially in reading.
• Well-designed curriculum that is broad, balanced, and sequenced.
• High levels of attendance above national averages.
• Effective support for disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND.
• Positive relationships between staff and pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Not all teachers consistently use assessment strategies effectively.
• Some pupils occasionally disengage during lessons.
• Staff training is not always embedded in daily practice.

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 Leigh and Bransford Primary School attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.4% 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, 1.1% of pupils at Leigh and Bransford 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 Leigh and Bransford Primary School had 21.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.4% 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, 17.0% of pupils at Leigh and Bransford Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.1% 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 Leigh and Bransford Primary School received £6,598 and spent £6,904 for each of its 181 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £12,000 (-£69 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Mercian Educational Trust, income was £8,043 and spending £8,242 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 Malvern · Worcestershire local authority: places and applications

Leigh and Bransford Primary School is part of Mercian Educational Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• Somers Park Primary School Malvern
• Northleigh CofE Primary School Malvern
• Beacon View Primary School Malvern
• Great Malvern Primary School Malvern
• Honeywell Primary School Worcester
• The Brookfield School Hereford

What is Leigh and Bransford Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Leigh and Bransford Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was Leigh and Bransford Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Leigh and Bransford Primary School was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does Leigh and Bransford Primary School have?

Leigh and Bransford Primary School has 182 pupils on roll.

What age range does Leigh and Bransford Primary School cover?

Leigh and Bransford Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Leigh and Bransford Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Leigh and Bransford Primary School?

Leigh and Bransford Primary School is at Hoopers Close, Leigh Sinton, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR13 5DX.