Bramble Infant School and Nursery

About Bramble Infant School and Nursery

Bramble Infant School and Nursery holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained across its two most recent inspections. The most recent graded inspection took place in 2019, and an ungraded visit in February 2025 confirmed that standards are being maintained. For a school that only covers the early years and Key Stage 1 (ages 2 to 7), the most informative academic metric is the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile, though specific results are not published in this data. However, the school's leadership and management, early years provision, and overall effectiveness were all judged Good in the 2019 graded inspection. With 168 pupils on roll against a capacity of 180, the school is nearly full, and it was oversubscribed for the 2025/26 academic year, receiving 181 applications for 60 places. Of those, 62 were first-preference applications, and 58 first-preference offers were made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 3.02 applicants per place.

While Key Stage 2 SATs results are not applicable to this infant school, the local authority average for Key Stage 2 in Portsmouth is 53, which provides a benchmark for the primary phase in the area. The school's parent view data, collected between September 2024 and September 2025, is overwhelmingly positive: 98% of the 58 respondents would recommend the school. Strongly agree responses were high across the board, with 86% strongly agreeing their child is happy, 90% strongly agreeing their child feels safe, and 83% strongly agreeing their child does well. The school's SEND provisions cover Social, Emotional & Mental Health, Speech, Language & Communication, and Autistic Spectrum Disorder, though the parent view question on SEND support received no responses, so it is not possible to gauge parental satisfaction in that area from this data.

The school offers a range of facilities including a library, music rooms, a sports hall, an ICT suite, and a chapel, plus outdoor playing fields and a playground. Sports on offer include football, cricket, tennis, gymnastics, and dance, while clubs include gardening, choir, eco club, science club, and chess. With nursery provision on site, it suits families looking for a single setting from age 2 through to Year 2, after which children would typically move to a junior school. The school is located in Portsmouth, in the South East region, and has no religious character. Given its oversubscription rate, families should apply early and list it as a first preference to maximise their chances of securing a place.

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