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Bransgore Church of England Primary School

Primary · Christchurch · BH23 8JH

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 19 May 2026 · report published 6 July 2026

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At a glance

351 pupils · 104% of 339 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
10.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
1.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.bransgoreprimaryschool.co.uk
URN
137693

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 29 families named it first for 32 Reception places, 0.91 first choices per place. We hold 8 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2019 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 19 May 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.91 first-choice applications per place

32 places offered · 29 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

53 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
70%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
6%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school70%
Median of its 12 closest peers66.5%
Hampshire average63.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Notley Green Primary SchoolBraintree · 123 miles awayNo current grade66%
St John's Mead Church of England Primary SchoolBristol · 60 miles awayGood45%
Brayton Church of England Primary SchoolSelby · 208 miles awayGood63%
Bracebridge Heath St John's Primary AcademyLincoln · 175 miles awayGood47%
Meath Green Junior SchoolHorley · 73 miles awayGood (2015)54%
Upton St Leonards Church of England Primary SchoolGloucester · 76 miles awayOutstanding78%
Lever House Primary SchoolLeyland · 206 miles awayGood68%
Middlewich Primary SchoolMiddlewich · 170 miles awayExpected standard67%
The Dingle Primary SchoolCrewe · 163 miles awayOutstanding65%
Colden Common Primary SchoolEastleigh · 23 miles awayGood73%
Goosewell Primary AcademyPlymouth · 107 miles awayGood71%
Stanah Primary SchoolThornton-Cleveleys · 220 miles awayGood85%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 86% (Hampshire 79%, England 60%) · Not recorded 5% (Hampshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 3% (Hampshire 5%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Hampshire 2%, England 3%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 0%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.13 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Hampshire: 2.99 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
22.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

57.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 7.8 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,734; 11.8% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£6,476
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 14% (9%) · educational supplies 11% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £134,000; in-year balance -£15,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher39.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work47.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier87.9%62.3%
Social housing5.4%17.1%
Privately rented6.6%20.5%
Detached houses77.1%22.9%
Flats4.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms47.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022994 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£460,500108 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£397,500–£551,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (58)£540,000
Semi-detached (16)£422,500
Terraced (30)£377,500

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
2a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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