Brampton Primary School
School Board Lane, Brampton, Chesterfield, S40 1DD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Samantha Spyve
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Chesterfield
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 343
- Pupils on roll
- 286
- URN
- 132225
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01246232817
About this school
Brampton Primary School is a community primary school in Chesterfield. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 286 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Brampton 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
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 42 | 45 | 47 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 33% | 42% | 21% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | 60% | 36% |
| Expected standard in maths | 57% | 58% | 43% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 49% | 51% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 102.0 | 99.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 101.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -5.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.00 | - | - |
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 Brampton 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 | Derbyshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 33% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 42% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 21% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 311 |
| 2023/24 | 305 |
| 2024/25 | 303 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Brampton Primary School compares
Brampton Primary School ranked 241st of 246 primary schools in Derbyshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 5% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 21% | 5.6% | 41.6% | 286 | — |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary | 67% | 3.5% | 14.8% | 433 | 0.5 miles |
| William Rhodes Primary and Nursery School | 39% | 5.1% | 61.5% | 192 | 0.5 miles |
| Brockwell Junior School | 77% | 3.8% | 26.3% | 245 | 0.5 miles |
| Brockwell Nursery and Infant School | — | 4.1% | 15.5% | 198 | 0.5 miles |
| Old Hall Junior School | 74% | 3.7% | 20.7% | 250 | 0.5 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 41.55%
- English as an additional language
- 16.8%
- Overall absence
- 5.59%
- Persistent absence
- 15.36%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Mary's Catholic Primary0.5 miles
Primary · Chesterfield
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William Rhodes Primary and Nursery School0.5 miles
Primary · Chesterfield
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Brockwell Junior School0.5 miles
Primary · Chesterfield
-
Brockwell Nursery and Infant School0.5 miles
Primary · Chesterfield
-
Old Hall Junior School0.5 miles
Primary · Chesterfield
Other schools in Chesterfield
Brampton Primary School ranks 48th of the 48 ranked primary schools in Chesterfield.
- Abercrombie Primary School Primary
- Arkwright Primary School Primary
- Ashover Primary School Primary
- Barlborough Primary School Primary
- Barrow Hill Primary Academy Primary
- Bolsover Church of England Junior School Primary
- Bolsover Infant School Primary
- Bramley Vale Primary & Nursery School Primary
- Brimington Junior School Primary
- Brimington Manor Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Brockley Primary School Primary
- Brockwell Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Brampton Primary School teach?
- Brampton Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Chesterfield.
- Who is the headteacher of Brampton Primary School?
- The headteacher of Brampton Primary School is Mrs Samantha Spyve, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Brampton Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Brampton 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 Brampton Primary School?
- Brampton Primary School has 286 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Brampton Primary School full?
- Brampton Primary School has capacity for 343 pupils and 286 on roll (83%), 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 Brampton Primary School a faith school?
- No. Brampton Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Brampton Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Brampton Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Brampton Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Brampton Primary School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Brampton Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 33% in 2022/23 and 21% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Brampton Primary School compare with other schools in Derbyshire?
- Brampton Primary School ranked 241st of 246 primary schools in Derbyshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 5% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Brampton Primary School's absence rate?
- Brampton Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Brampton Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Brampton 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 30 June 2026.