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Bramble Infant School and Nursery
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–7 · Community school
Bramble Road, Southsea PO4 0DT · bramble.portsmouth.sch.uk · 023 9282 8604
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2025
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Portsmouth Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 162
- 90% of 180 places
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 20.4%
- First language not English
- 32.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Portsmouth Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 33 families put the school first and 38 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 38 | 33 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 62 | 1▲ | 94% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 66 | 1.1▲ | 77% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 52 | 47 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 54 | 51 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 12 February 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Bramble Infant School and Nursery was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 11 Feb 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Oct 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Sept 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (58 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 58
- 35% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 52% who raised concerns
based on the 7% who had a child bullied