Brailes Church of England Primary School

About Brailes Church of England Primary School

Brailes Church of England Primary School sits in a curious position when you compare its headline metrics against the Warwickshire local authority average for primary schools. The LA average for pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2 is 62 per cent, but Brailes achieves 69 per cent, putting it seven points ahead. That places the school in the top half of the 196 primary schools in the authority, ranked 52nd overall. Yet the picture is more mixed when you look at the higher standard: only 23 per cent of Brailes pupils hit that top tier in all three subjects, which is a modest figure. The school’s Ofsted rating is Good, a grade it has held consistently across its two most recent inspections, with leadership and management, early years provision and overall effectiveness all judged Good in the most recent graded inspection in 2014 and confirmed as maintaining standards in an ungraded visit in December 2024.

Digging into the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results reveals where Brailes really shines and where it lags. Reading is the strongest subject, with 85 per cent of pupils reaching the expected standard and 38 per cent achieving a higher score, alongside an average scaled score of 106. Writing follows closely, with 77 per cent at the expected level and 38 per cent at the higher level. Maths is weaker by comparison: 69 per cent hit the expected standard, and 31 per cent reached the higher threshold, with an average score of 105. The school’s ranking within Stratford-on-Avon is 22nd out of 52 primary schools, putting it in the 42nd percentile locally, and nationally it sits at the 33rd percentile among 13,686 schools. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is hard to say whether pupils are making above-average gains from their starting points, but the raw attainment figures suggest a solid, if not spectacular, performance.

Brailes is a small Church of England primary with 105 pupils on roll against a capacity of 135, and it is clearly popular: for the 2025/26 intake, the school received 51 applications for just 15 places, with 14 of those going to first-preference families, giving an oversubscription ratio of 3.4 to one. The school offers a nursery provision and a range of facilities including an ICT suite, library, gymnasium, playing fields, sensory room, art studios, dining hall and chapel. Sports on offer include swimming, gymnastics, football, tennis, netball and cross country, while clubs include book club, science club and drama. The school lists SEND provisions for specific learning difficulties, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication needs, physical disability and autistic spectrum disorder, though the Parent View data shows no responses from families of SEND children, so it is hard to gauge how well that support works in practice. Overall, 76 per cent of the 17 parents who responded would recommend the school, but the responses also show notable minority dissatisfaction on happiness, safety and concerns handling, so it is worth visiting to get a feel for the culture.

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