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The Bramble Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Oxclose Lane, Mansfield Woodhouse, Mansfield NG19 8DF · brambleacademy.org · 01623 635928
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 40%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Nottinghamshire 64%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Nottinghamshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 151
- 72% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 49%
- First language not English
- 31.8%
- 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: Nottinghamshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 7 families put the school first and 9 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 | 9 | 7 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 16 | 15 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 10 | 9 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 40% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% the higher standard. Across Nottinghamshire it was 64%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼40% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼101 | 106 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
The Bramble Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 2 July 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 2 Jul 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Sept 2021
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 132144), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- May 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
Sept 2021Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Dec 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Feb 2014Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 132144)
What parents said
87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (15 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 87%
- Replies
- 15
- 9% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on the 53% who had a child bullied