Brampton Ellis CofE Primary School

About Brampton Ellis CofE Primary School

Brampton Ellis CofE Primary School in Rotherham was rated Good overall in its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2024, a step down from the Outstanding rating it held in its previous inspection in 2013. The inspection report reveals a mixed picture: while the quality of education, early years provision, personal development, and leadership and management were all judged Good, behaviour and attitudes were rated Requires improvement. On the academic front, the school’s most telling exam metric is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined at Key Stage 2. That figure stands at 54%, which is below the Rotherham local authority average of 60%. This places the school 57th out of 84 primary schools in the borough, putting it in the bottom half of local schools.

Looking more closely at the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, individual subjects show a varied performance. Writing was the strongest area, with 83% of pupils reaching the expected standard, comfortably above the combined benchmark. Reading followed at 66%, and maths at 71%. However, the proportion of pupils reaching the higher standard in all three subjects was very low: just 1% achieved the higher standard in reading, writing and maths combined. In maths, only 4% reached the higher standard, and in reading it was 19%. The school’s average scaled scores were 103 for reading and 101 for maths, both close to the national average of 100. Nationally, the school ranks in the 70th percentile, meaning around 70% of primary schools in England scored higher on the combined expected standard metric.

The school is Church of England and serves 451 pupils aged 3 to 11, with nursery provision available. It is oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, there were 65 applications for 34 places, with 33 of those coming as first preferences. Facilities include an ICT suite, music rooms, art studios, a sensory room, a gymnasium, playing fields and a chapel. Sports offered include dance, swimming, rounders, athletics, tennis and gymnastics, and there is a range of clubs from chess and choir to gardening and science. The school lists a broad range of SEND provisions, covering specific learning difficulties, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language needs, visual impairment, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. This suggests the school is well set up to support children with a variety of additional needs, though families should weigh the behaviour rating against their own priorities.

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