Bradleys Both Community Primary School

About Bradleys Both Community Primary School

Bradleys Both Community Primary School sits within the North Yorkshire local authority, a large county with 292 primary schools. Among these, the school ranks 91st, placing it comfortably in the top third of its peers. The top-performing schools in the area, according to the same ranking metric, are Eppleby Forcett Church of England Primary School, Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, and Middleton Tyas Church of England Primary School, each scoring 95 or above. Bradleys Both, with a ranking score of 63, is a solidly performing village school rather than an academic outlier. It is a mixed, state-funded primary for children aged 4 to 11, with no religious character and no nursery or sixth-form provision. The headteacher is Barry Rogers, and the school currently has 122 pupils against a capacity of 133, suggesting a little spare room. It is not a boarding school.

In its most recent Ofsted inspection, carried out in November 2022, the school was rated Good across every category: overall effectiveness, quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This is a consistent improvement from its previous inspection in 2016, where early years provision was also graded Good, but the other categories were not individually reported. Academically, the school’s Key Stage 2 results for 2023/24 show that 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. This is slightly above the North Yorkshire local authority average of 60%. However, only 11% reached the higher standard in all three subjects. Individual subject scores are more mixed: 74% met expectations in reading and maths, while 89% did so in writing. The average scaled scores for reading and maths were both 104, which is in line with the national average.

The school offers a good range of facilities for its size, including a dining hall, sports hall, playing fields, gymnasium and even a chapel. Sports on offer include cricket, athletics, cross country, swimming, gymnastics, netball and rounders, and there are clubs for gardening, eco activities, book club and science club. The school provides support for pupils with specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, social, emotional and mental health needs, and speech, language and communication needs. For the 2025/26 intake, the school was oversubscribed: it received 44 applications for just 8 places, with all 8 first-preference applicants offered a spot, giving an oversubscription ratio of 5.5. This suggests strong local demand, and families considering the school should be aware of the competition. Bradleys Both is a good fit for families seeking a well-regarded village primary with a broad extracurricular offer and strong SEND support, set in a rural North Yorkshire context.

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