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The Brakenhale School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy
Rectory Lane, Bracknell RG12 7BA · brakenhale.co.uk · 01344 423041
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · May 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 44.2
- average Attainment 8 score. Bracknell Forest 46.9, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Bracknell Forest Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,001
- 79% of 1,275 places
- Local authority
- Bracknell Forest
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 21.9%
- First language not English
- 22.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Bracknell Forest Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 118 families put the school first and 172 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 172 | 118 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 169 | 121 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 207 | 177 | 0.9 | 99% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 207 | 217 | 1▲ | 90% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 202 | 226 | 1.1▲ | 81% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44.2, and 39.8% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Bracknell Forest it was 46.9, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C- (27.8 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●44.2 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼39.8% | 45.4% | ||
| ●63.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼36.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ●3.93 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 26 | +4.7 |
| Sixth form college | 7.7 | +5.3 |
| Further education | 48.6 | −6.5 |
| Other education | 0.5 | −0.5 |
| Apprenticeship | 4.3 | +1.9 |
| Employment | 2.9 | −3.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.7 | 0 |
| Activity not captured | 2.4 | −1.5 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63 students | C- (27.8) | Below average -0.55 | |
| 63 students | C- (27.8) | Below average -0.55 | |
| 36 students | Merit+ (29.6) | Average +0.07 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 33 | C- (25.5) | -0.81 |
| 2022/23 | 59 | C (28.9) | — |
| 2021/22 | 49 | C+ (32.8) | — |
| 2018/19 | 38 | C+ (32.5) | +0.09 |
| 2017/18 | 37 | D+ (24.9) | -0.02 |
| 2016/17 | 33 | C (31.1) | +0.20 |
| 2015/16 | 60 | D (20.1) | -0.24 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 41.9 | −4.3 |
| Further and other education | 6.9 | +0.5 |
| Further education | 2.3 | −2.8 |
| Other education | 4.7 | +3.4 |
| Apprenticeship | 11.6 | +7.8 |
| Employment | 23.3 | −4.9 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 11.6 | −1.2 |
| Activity not captured | 4.7 | +2.1 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 22 May 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for The Brakenhale School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 21 May 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 110047), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2022Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Met
Before September 2019
Jan 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding 16 to 19 study programmes Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Mar 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110047)
What parents said
36% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (385 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 36%
- Replies
- 385
- 34% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 51% who had a child bullied
based on 131 parents (34%) with SEND