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Brailsford CofE Primary School

Primary · Ashbourne · DE6 3BY

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At a glance

150 pupils · 125% of 120 capacity (over capacity)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
11.7% of pupils
English as additional language
2.6% of pupils
SEN support
12.3% of pupils
EHC plan
3.9% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.brailsford.derbyshire.sch.uk/
URN
150719

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.91 first-choice applications per place

23 places offered · 21 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
63%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
6%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Schools with a similar intake

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

This school63%
Median of its 12 closest peers57.5%
Derbyshire average59.9%
England62%

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

The twelve below are matched on intake alone, from every state school in England, so most are not local. They are the evidence behind the comparison above, not a shortlist. For schools you could realistically apply to, see nearby schools.

SchoolOfstedResult
Fritwell Church of England Primary SchoolBicester · 72 miles awayGood86%
St John the Baptist Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary SchoolWare · 106 miles awayGood61%
Marton and District CofE Aided Primary SchoolMacclesfield · 30 miles awayGood57%
High Legh Primary SchoolKnutsford · 43 miles awayGood58%
Hawridge and Cholesbury Church of England SchoolChesham · 94 miles awayRequires improvement66%
Newton Ferrers Church of England Primary SchoolNewton Ferrers Plymouth · 211 miles awayGood82%
Dorney SchoolMaidenhead · 109 miles awayGood50%
Fittleworth CofE Village SchoolFittleworth · 146 miles awayRequires improvement42%
Hemblington Primary SchoolNorwich · 130 miles awayGood40%
Lea and Garsdon Church of England Primary SchoolMalmesbury · 98 miles awayGood33%
Worlebury St Pauls Church SchoolWeston-Super-Mare · 125 miles awayExpected standard59%
Syresham St James CofE Primary School and NurseryBrackley · 67 miles awayGood33%

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one: same phase and admissions type, and as near as the data allows on size, free school meals, English as an additional language, SEN and the child poverty of the surrounding area (IDACI 2025). Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable: sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and plain geography all matter and are not in the calculation. Results: DfE performance tables, 2024/2025. How the matching works.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.2%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16.4%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 15% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£7,903
Typical primary school£6,959

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), decile of the small area the school stands in: 1 is the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. IDACI counts only children in low-income families, which is the measure closest to the intake a school is likely to draw on.

Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher43.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work45.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier79.8%62.3%
Social housing5.4%17.1%
Privately rented14.8%20.5%
Detached houses62.4%22.9%
Flats2.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms44.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.8%23.5%

Census 2021 (ONS) for statistical area E01019603 (a lower layer super output area), the neighbourhood of roughly 1,694 adults that the school stands in. These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Children travel in from further away, and for selective, faith and some other schools usually much further. Open Government Licence v3.0.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£320,00054 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to July 2026
Typical range
£267,000–£415,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (28)£412,500
Semi-detached (19)£287,500
Terraced (7)£230,000

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

Every residential sale registered with HM Land Registry within 1 km of the school (straight line) since January 2024, market sales of houses and flats only. A sale is dated by completion and registered weeks later, so the most recent months are incomplete. 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
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

Every collision reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics (STATS19). "Child pedestrians" counts casualties aged under 16 on foot; "school-run times" means weekdays 07:30–09:00 and 15:00–16:30 outside August. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe: counts rise with traffic and with how built-up an area is, which is why the comparison is with other rural schools. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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