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Brookmead School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Foundation school
High Street, Ivinghoe, Leighton Buzzard LU7 9EX · brookmeadschool.co.uk · 01296 668543
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 83%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Buckinghamshire 65%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Buckinghamshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 299
- 77% of 390 places
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 14.4%
- First language not English
- 1.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Buckinghamshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 42 families put the school first and 45 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 45 | 42 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 53 | 50 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 42 | 41 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 45 | 44 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 45 | 41 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 83% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% the higher standard. Across Buckinghamshire it was 65%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲83% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Brookmead School on 20 May 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 20 May 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Dec 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2018Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective Jan 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Feb 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
76% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (104 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 76%
- Replies
- 104
- 34% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on the 32% who had a child bullied
based on 23 parents (22%) with SEND