Bramble Infant School and Nursery
Bramble Infant School and Nursery is a council school in Southsea for boys and girls aged 2 to 7. It has 162 pupils and room for 180. About 20 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools.
Bramble Road, Southsea, PO4 0DT023 9282 8604bramble.portsmouth.sch.ukMr Oli Bradley interim headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
About 12 places were empty, so most families who apply get in, though a popular year group can still fill up. Pupil numbers have stayed about the same since 2021/22.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Portsmouth council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (10), Autistic spectrum disorder (4), Specific learning difficulty (2), emotional and mental health (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 162 | 168 | 171 | 173 | 169 | 170 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 20% | 16% | 19% | 24% | 27% | 20% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 33% | 36% | 42% | 34% | 31% | 34% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 8% | 4% | 10% | 8% | 11% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.1% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2018/19 | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 4.9% | 5.0% | 6.8% | 6.9% | 3.9% | 4.1% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 3.3% | 3.5% | 5.4% | 5.2% | 3.4% | 3.0% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.7% | 0.5% | 1.1% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 13.9% | 11.7% | 19.1% | 18.7% | 9.5% | 5.2% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devonshire Infant School | Council | 330 m | 171 | Report card 2026 | 13 | Compare |
| Fernhurst Junior School | Council | 370 m | 349 | Good 2023 | 32 | Compare |
| Southsea Infant School | Council | 630 m | 167 | Report card 2026 | 7 | Compare |
| Craneswater Junior School | Council | 660 m | 508 | Good 2022 | 22 | Compare |
| Ark Ayrton Primary Academy | Academy | 750 m | 495 | Good 2024 | 67 | Compare |
| Penbridge Infant School & Nursery | Academy | 770 m | 207 | Good 2022 | 20 | Compare |
| Wimborne Primary School | Council | 880 m | 557 | Good 2023 | 27 | Compare |
| Cumberland Infant School | Council | 890 m | 172 | Good 2022 | 65 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Bramble Infant School and Nursery a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Bramble Infant School and Nursery yet.
How many pupils does Bramble Infant School and Nursery have?
162 pupils aged 2 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 180 places, so it is 90% full.
Is Bramble Infant School and Nursery oversubscribed?
Probably not. 12 places were empty in 2024/25 (7% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
What is attendance like at Bramble Infant School and Nursery?
Pupils were in school 95.1% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 14% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Bramble Infant School and Nursery?
The average class had 27.0 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Bramble Road, Southsea, PO4 0DT
- Telephone
- 023 9282 8604
- Website
- www.bramble.portsmouth.sch.uk
- Interim Headteacher
- Mr Oli Bradley
- Type of school
- Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 2-7, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- Ward
- Central Southsea
- Constituency
- Portsmouth South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 116182 · LAESTAB 8512637 · UKPRN 10074121
- Formerly
- The Brambles Nursery School and Children's Centre
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.