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Brocklewood Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Fircroft Avenue, Bilborough, Nottingham NG8 3AL · brocklewoodprimaryschool.co.uk · 0115 915 3272
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 56%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Nottingham 61%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 401
- 67% of 600 places
- Local authority
- Nottingham
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 52.6%
- First language not English
- 27.2%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Transform Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 25 families put the school first and 25 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 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 37 | 37 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 48 | 45 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 42 | 38 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 56% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% the higher standard. Across Nottingham it was 61%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼56% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 8 March 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Brocklewood Primary and Nursery School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 7 Mar 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 137862), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Sept 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Apr 2014Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 137862)
What parents said
73% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (30 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 73%
- Replies
- 30
- 6% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied