Brambles Primary Academy

Free schools·Primary school Huddersfield, Kirklees·HD1 5BU
Composite score
39.9
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#10,930
National rank
#1118
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#82
In Kirklees
Top 74%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
56%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
39 first choices, 45 places
First choices per place
0.87
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
130
any preference, for 45 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8320220.8520231.1420240.8720250.872026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Brambles Primary Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
379
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
31.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
23.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
26.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,024
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Brambles Primary Academy at a glance

Located in Huddersfield, Kirklees, Brambles Primary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a free school. The school educates roughly 379 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 56% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Brambles Primary Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 39 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 7.4%. There are about 23.7 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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