Brough Community Primary School
Brough Community Primary School, Brough, CA17 4EW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Acting Headteacher
- Mrs Rebecca Tebay
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 115
- Pupils on roll
- 73
- URN
- 112177
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01768341284
About this school
Brough Community Primary School is a community primary school in Brough. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 73 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Brough Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
A short monitoring inspection followed on : inspectors found that standards have been maintained.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 9 | 18 | 8 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 89% | 83% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 11% | 17% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 89% | 89% | 88% |
| Expected standard in maths | 89% | 89% | 88% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 89% | 78% | 63% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 106.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.00 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Brough Community Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Westmorland and Furness average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 89% | 60.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 83% | 57% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 63% | 56.5% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 79 |
| 2023/24 | 88 |
| 2024/25 | 70 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Brough Community Primary School compares
Brough Community Primary School ranked 44th of 98 primary schools in Westmorland and Furness for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 63% | 4.6% | 20% | 73 | — |
| Warcop CofE Primary School | 62% | 3.8% | 16.3% | 85 | 3.2 miles |
| Kirkby Stephen Primary School | 77% | 3.7% | 20.2% | 189 | 3.8 miles |
| Asby Endowed School | — | 4.4% | 6.3% | 20 | 7.0 miles |
| Appleby Primary School | 50% | 4.8% | 19.8% | 163 | 7.7 miles |
| Long Marton School | 31% | 3.5% | 12% | 81 | 10.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Ungraded inspection report4 February 2025
- 30 October 2019
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 20%
- English as an additional language
- 1.4%
- Overall absence
- 4.62%
- Persistent absence
- 13.24%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Warcop CofE Primary School3.2 miles
Primary · Appleby-in-Westmorland
-
Kirkby Stephen Primary School3.8 miles
Primary · Kirkby Stephen
-
Asby Endowed School7.0 miles
Primary · Appleby-in-Westmorland
-
Appleby Primary School7.7 miles
Primary · Appleby-in-Westmorland
-
Long Marton School10.3 miles
Primary · Appleby-in-Westmorland
Common questions
- What ages does Brough Community Primary School teach?
- Brough Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Brough.
- Who is the acting headteacher of Brough Community Primary School?
- The acting headteacher of Brough Community Primary School is Mrs Rebecca Tebay, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Brough Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Brough Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Brough Community Primary School?
- Brough Community Primary School has 73 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Brough Community Primary School full?
- Brough Community Primary School has capacity for 115 pupils and 73 on roll (63%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Brough Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Brough Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Brough Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Brough Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Brough Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 89% in 2022/23 and 63% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Brough Community Primary School compare with other schools in Westmorland and Furness?
- Brough Community Primary School ranked 44th of 98 primary schools in Westmorland and Furness for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Brough Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Brough Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Brough Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Brough Community Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.