Bramley CofE Infant School and Nursery

About Bramley CofE Infant School and Nursery

Parents at Bramley CofE Infant School and Nursery are overwhelmingly positive about their experience, with 91% of respondents to the Ofsted Parent View survey saying they would recommend the school. That confidence is backed up by some very strong individual scores: 95% of the 22 parents who responded either agreed or strongly agreed that their child is happy at the school, and every single parent felt their child is safe. The school is clearly popular locally too. For its 30 Reception places in the 2025/26 admissions round, it received 74 applications in total, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.47. Of those, 23 put Bramley as their first preference, and 19 first-preference offers were made. That level of demand suggests a school that families in the Waverley area are actively choosing, and the parent feedback indicates that once children are in, families feel well supported.

Academically, the school’s most recent graded Ofsted inspection in 2019 rated it Outstanding overall, with Outstanding marks for early years provision, leadership and management, and the quality of education. An ungraded inspection in June 2025 confirmed that these high standards are being maintained. That puts Bramley among a select group: Surrey has 33 primary schools rated Outstanding out of 298 total, so it sits in the top tier of provision in the local authority. The school serves children from age 2 through to Year 2, so there are no Key Stage 2 SATs results to report here, but the early years foundation stage is a particular strength. The previous graded inspection in 2014 rated the school Good overall, so the improvement to Outstanding represents a clear step up in quality. With only 6.2% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school’s intake is less disadvantaged than the national average, but the Ofsted team judged that all groups make strong progress.

The school operates from a site that includes a library, ICT suite, playing fields, sports hall and a chapel, and offers a broad range of clubs including drama, coding, film club, chess, book club and gardening. On the sports front, pupils can try tennis, netball, gymnastics, swimming, dance and rounders. For children with additional needs, the school has identified provisions for social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and physical disabilities, though the Parent View data on SEND support was not completed by any respondents, so it is hard to gauge parent satisfaction in that area. The school is a Church of England infant school with a nursery, so it suits families looking for a faith-based start to education, but it is not a feeder to a specific junior school, so parents will need to plan for the Year 2 transition. Given its oversubscription and strong parent satisfaction, early application is essential.

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