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Brambles Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Free school
Cambridge Road, Huddersfield HD1 5BU · bramblesprimaryacademy.org · 01484 240338
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 56%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Kirklees 60%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Kirklees Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 382
- 91% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Nursery class
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 30.6%
- First language not English
- 49%
- 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: Kirklees Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 39 families put the school first and 45 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 | 45 | 39 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 54 | 47 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 67 | 1.1▲ | 87% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 52 | 44 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 46 | 38 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 56% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% the higher standard. Across Kirklees it was 60%, and across England 62%.
| 2024/25 | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | ||
| Expected standard | ▼56% | 62% |
| Higher standard | ▼3% | 8% |
| Average scaled score | ||
| Reading | ▼103 | 106 |
| Maths | ●104 | 105 |
| Grammar and spelling | ●104 | 105 |
Ofsted
Brambles Primary Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 25 January 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 25 Jan 2023
- 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 |
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (50 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 50
- 19% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 30% who had a child bullied