Brooklands Primary School
Palfrey Heights, Brantham, Nr Manningtree, CO11 1RX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ORWELL MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Christine Davy
- Sponsor
- Orwell Multi Academy Trust
- Constituency
- South Suffolk
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 285
- Pupils on roll
- 268
- URN
- 145835
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01206392291
About this school
Brooklands Primary School is a primary academy in Nr Manningtree. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 268 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
- Outstanding
- 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 | 34 | 34 | 34 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 88% | 71% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 12% | 21% | 18% |
| Expected standard in reading | 76% | 97% | 85% |
| Expected standard in maths | 76% | 88% | 85% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 79% | 94% | 76% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 109.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 108.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.70 | - | - |
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 Brooklands 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 | Suffolk average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 59% | 54.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 88% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 71% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 236 |
| 2023/24 | 244 |
| 2024/25 | 266 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Brooklands Primary School compares
Brooklands Primary School ranked 54th of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 68% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 97% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 71% | 3.2% | 10.2% | 268 | — |
| Highfields Primary School | 74% | 5% | 6.3% | 320 | 1.4 miles |
| Stourview Church of England Primary Academy | — | 10.5% | 68.2% | 39 | 1.6 miles |
| Lawford Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 76% | 3.7% | 6.9% | 349 | 1.9 miles |
| Bentley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | — | 6.3% | 22.7% | 40 | 2.2 miles |
| East Bergholt Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 73% | 4.5% | 10% | 195 | 2.7 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)
- 10.15%
- English as an additional language
- 3.8%
- Overall absence
- 3.22%
- Persistent absence
- 2.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Highfields Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Manningtree
-
Stourview Church of England Primary Academy1.6 miles
Primary · Mistley
-
Lawford Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School1.9 miles
Primary · Manningtree
-
Bentley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School2.2 miles
Primary · Ipswich
-
East Bergholt Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School2.7 miles
Primary · Nr Colchester
Common questions
- What year groups does Brooklands Primary School teach?
- Brooklands Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Nr Manningtree.
- Who is the headteacher of Brooklands Primary School?
- The headteacher of Brooklands Primary School is Miss Christine Davy, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Brooklands Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Brooklands 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 big is Brooklands Primary School?
- Brooklands Primary School has 268 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Brooklands Primary School full?
- Brooklands Primary School has capacity for 285 pupils and 268 on roll (94%), 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 Brooklands Primary School a faith school?
- No. Brooklands Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Brooklands Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Brooklands Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Brooklands Primary School?
- Brooklands Primary School is part of ORWELL MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Brooklands Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 59% in 2022/23 and 71% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Brooklands Primary School rank locally?
- Brooklands Primary School ranked 54th of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 68% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 97% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Brooklands Primary School's absence rate?
- Brooklands Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Brooklands Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Brooklands 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 10 July 2026.