Brandles School is an academy in Baldock, United Kingdom with 71 pupils, part of Brighter Futures Educational Trust. Ofsted: Good, inspected 4 June 2024. As of 10 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Construction Teaching Assistant (closes 4 December).
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 1 live vacancy.
Head
Paul Smith
Trust or group
Brighter Futures Educational Trust
Type
Academy
Pupils
71 pupils · 0% girls · 63.4% eligible for free school meals · 1.4% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
1 (1.4%) on SEN support · 70 (98.6%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Purpose of the Role To support the delivery of practical construction sessions and vocational learning for students with social, emotional and mental health needs. The…
Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional
5.5
0.0%
2024/25
2.6
0.0%
2023/24
3.9
0.0%
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
4 June 2024
Graded inspection
Good
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
12.4
5.7
–
0
£43,075
2024/25
12.8
5.5
11%
0
£47,262
2023/24
14.8
4.7
15%
0
£41,995
2022/23
11.8
5.9
23%
0
£36,620
2021/22
12.2
5.0
59%
0
£37,221
2020/21
13.9
4.3
21%
0
£34,916
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
19.7%
9.6%
54.8%
15.1%
2024/25
18.8%
5.5%
51.4%
10.8%
2023/24
27.4%
9.3%
68.9%
21.6%
2022/23
27.7%
5.8%
77.1%
15.7%
2021/22
15.7%
2.3%
50.0%
4.8%
2020/21
15.7%
1.7%
45.3%
9.4%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Inspection: Ofsted. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.