Brambleside Primary School

About Brambleside Primary School

Brambleside Primary School in North Northamptonshire has been rated Good in its most recent Ofsted inspection, a clear improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating. The 2021 inspection awarded Good across all five categories: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The most telling academic metric is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which stands at 73%. That is comfortably above the local authority average of 61% and places the school 18th out of 90 primary schools in North Northamptonshire, putting it in the top 25% of schools locally. Nationally, it ranks in the top 23% of all primary schools. The school’s ranking score of 73 reflects strong, consistent performance across the core subjects, with maths a particular strength — 85% of pupils met the expected standard and 38% reached the higher standard.

Digging deeper into the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, Brambleside’s average scaled scores in reading and maths both sit at 107, which is above the national average of 100. In reading, 83% of pupils met the expected standard and 40% achieved the higher standard, while in writing 75% met the expected standard and 20% reached the higher standard. The combined expected standard figure of 73% is notably higher than the local average of 61%, and the school ranks 19th out of 111 primary schools of the same type in the authority. Only two schools in the local authority are rated Outstanding, and the nearest one, Greenfields Primary School and Nursery, is 3.6 km away. For parents focused on academic outcomes, Brambleside offers solid, above-average results with a particularly strong showing in maths, and the school has clearly moved on from its previous Requires Improvement rating.

Brambleside is a state primary school for mixed gender pupils aged 4 to 11, with a capacity of 420 and currently 419 pupils enrolled. It is oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, there were 120 applications for 58 places, with 66 first-preference applications and 58 first-preference offers, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.07. The school has a relatively low proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals at 9.8%. Facilities include a library, playing fields, outdoor playground, music rooms, forest school, sensory room, dining hall, sports hall and a chapel. Sports offered include gymnastics, football, cross country, cricket, rounders and netball, while clubs cover choir, drama and coding. SEND provisions are in place for specific learning difficulties including dyslexia, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and other difficulties or disabilities. This is a school that suits families looking for a well-regarded local primary with strong academic foundations and a broad range of activities.

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