Bramhope Primary School
Breary Rise, Leeds, LS16 9AL
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- COLLABORATIVE LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rachel Colbourn
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Prince Henry's Collaborative Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Leeds North West
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 310
- Pupils on roll
- 431
- URN
- 147554
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01132671222
About this school
Bramhope Primary School is a primary academy in Leeds. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 431 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Bramhope 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- 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 | 41 | 54 | 43 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 71% | 63% | 79% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 15% | 17% | 28% |
| Expected standard in reading | 76% | 91% | 95% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 87% | 84% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 80% | 91% | 100% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 109.0 | 112.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 107.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.20 | - | - |
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 Bramhope 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 | Leeds average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 71% | 59% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 59.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 79% | 61.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 368 |
| 2023/24 | 395 |
| 2024/25 | 415 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bramhope Primary School compares
Bramhope Primary School ranked 37th of 216 primary schools in Leeds for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 86% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 95% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 79% | 3.4% | 6.5% | 431 | — |
| Pool-in-Wharfedale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 67% | 3.7% | 9.1% | 168 | 1.4 miles |
| Cookridge Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School | 82% | 3.6% | 9.8% | 381 | 1.7 miles |
| Cookridge Primary School | 76% | 4.9% | 22% | 314 | 1.9 miles |
| Ireland Wood Primary School | 62% | 5.7% | 31.8% | 386 | 2.1 miles |
| Holy Name Catholic Voluntary Academy | 77% | 3.2% | 20.2% | 204 | 2.5 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)
- 6.51%
- English as an additional language
- 7.7%
- Overall absence
- 3.37%
- Persistent absence
- 4.49%
Location
Nearby schools
- 1.4 miles
-
Cookridge Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Leeds
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Cookridge Primary School1.9 miles
Primary · Leeds
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Ireland Wood Primary School2.1 miles
Primary · Leeds
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Holy Name Catholic Voluntary Academy2.5 miles
Primary · Leeds
Other schools in Leeds
Bramhope Primary School ranks 31st of the 182 ranked primary schools in Leeds.
- Aberford Church of England Primary School Primary
- Adel Primary School Primary
- Adel St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School Primary
- Alder Tree Primary Academy Primary
- All Saint's Richmond Hill Church of England Primary School Primary
- Allerton CofE Primary School Primary
- Alwoodley Primary School Primary
- Armley Park Primary School Primary
- Asquith Primary School Primary
- Austhorpe Primary School Primary
- Bankside Primary School Primary
- Bardsey Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Bramhope Primary School teach?
- Bramhope Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Leeds.
- Who is the headteacher of Bramhope Primary School?
- The headteacher of Bramhope Primary School is Mrs Rachel Colbourn, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Bramhope Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bramhope 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 Bramhope Primary School?
- Bramhope Primary School has 431 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Bramhope Primary School full?
- Bramhope Primary School has capacity for 310 pupils and 431 on roll (139%), so it is at or above 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 Bramhope Primary School a faith school?
- No. Bramhope Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Is Bramhope Primary School a selective school?
- No. Bramhope Primary School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Does Bramhope Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Bramhope Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Bramhope Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Bramhope Primary School is part of COLLABORATIVE LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Bramhope Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 71% in 2022/23 and 79% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bramhope Primary School compare with other schools in Leeds?
- Bramhope Primary School ranked 37th of 216 primary schools in Leeds for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 86% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 95% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bramhope Primary School's absence rate?
- Bramhope Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bramhope Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bramhope 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.