Brampton Village Primary School

About Brampton Village Primary School

Brampton Village Primary School’s Key Stage 2 results sit well below the Cambridgeshire local authority average. The LA average for pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined is 58%, but at Brampton that figure is 38% — a gap of 20 percentage points. This places the school 176th out of 210 primary schools in the county, and within Huntingdonshire it ranks 51st out of 55 schools. Its ranking score of 38 puts it in the bottom 50 nationally for this measure. The school is large, with 610 pupils against a capacity of 630, and 22.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is above the national average and may partly explain the results. Despite these headline figures, the school’s most recent Ofsted inspection in 2023 judged it to be Good overall, a rating it has held consistently across its previous graded inspection in 2012.

Looking at the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results in more detail, the picture is mixed. In reading, 72% of pupils met the expected standard and 24% reached the higher standard, with an average score of 104 — a solid outcome. In maths, 57% met the expected standard and 15% reached the higher standard, with an average score of 102, slightly below the national average. Writing is where the school struggles most: only 47% met the expected standard and just 2% reached the higher standard. The combined expected standard across reading, writing and maths sits at 38%, well below the LA average of 58%. Progress scores for reading, writing and maths are not available in the data, so it is difficult to assess whether pupils are improving at a typical rate. The school’s Ofsted inspection in 2023 rated leadership and management, early years provision, and overall effectiveness all as Good, with no outstanding grades.

Brampton Village Primary School is a large, oversubscribed state primary in Huntingdonshire. For the 2025/26 intake, it received 136 applications for 90 places, with 100 first-preference applications and 90 offers made — an oversubscription ratio of 1.51, suggesting strong local demand despite the below-average results. The school offers a nursery provision and a wide range of facilities including a sports hall, playing fields, a forest school, ICT suite, art studios, music rooms, and a chapel. Sports include netball, rounders, swimming and cross country, while clubs cover chess, drama, science and book club. SEND provisions are well-documented, covering dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social and emotional mental health, speech and language needs, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. This is a school that may suit families who value a broad, inclusive environment and a strong pastoral offer over headline academic performance, particularly for children who benefit from the forest school and creative facilities.

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