Brabins Endowed School

About Brabins Endowed School

Brabins Endowed School is a Church of England primary in the Ribble Valley, part of the Lancashire local authority, and it sits among a strong cluster of local peers. The top-ranked school in the area is Crawford Village Primary School, followed by New Longton All Saints CofE Primary School and St George's Church of England Primary School, Chorley. Brabins itself holds a strong position, ranking 3rd out of 25 primary schools in the Ribble Valley and 17th out of 480 primary schools across the wider Lancashire authority. With just 86 pupils on roll against a capacity of 105, it is a small, intimate setting where the headteacher, Rachel Wallace, leads a team that has clearly made an impression on inspectors. The school's most recent Ofsted inspection in 2024 awarded it Outstanding across every category — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — a clean sweep that matches its previous Outstanding rating from 2013.

Academically, Brabins Endowed School performs well above the local average. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, 89% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared to a Lancashire average of 60%. The school also excels at stretching its pupils: 22% achieved the higher standard in reading, writing and maths, with particularly strong results in reading, where 67% reached the higher threshold and the average scaled score was 111. In maths, 33% hit the higher standard with an average score of 109, and every single pupil met the expected standard in both reading and maths. Writing was similarly strong, with 89% at expected and 22% at the higher level. Nationally, the school ranks in the top 3% of all primary schools, and in the North West region it sits in the top 3% as well, placing it 57th out of 2,065 schools.

For families considering Brabins, the practical picture is one of a popular, oversubscribed village school with a strong community feel. In the 2025/26 admissions round, there were 34 applications for just 14 places, an oversubscription ratio of 2.43, and only 12 first-preference offers were made from 14 first-preference applications. The school offers a nursery provision and a range of facilities including a library, ICT suite, forest school, playing fields, gymnasium and a chapel. Clubs such as gardening, art, science, film, eco and coding sit alongside sports like football, netball, rounders and dance. SEND support is in place for specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, social, emotional and mental health needs, and speech, language and communication challenges. This is a school that suits families who value strong academic outcomes within a small, church-affiliated primary that is clearly in high demand locally.

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