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Bracken Leas Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Magdalen Meadows, Brackley NN13 6LF · brackenleasacademy.com · 01280 707050
On the mapSearch near NN13 6LF
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2020
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 63%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. West Northamptonshire 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.36 mi
- 0.59 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · West Northamptonshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.4
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 420
- At capacity · 420 places
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 3.8%
- First language not English
- 5.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.36 mi (586 m) from the school. Source: West Northamptonshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 82 families put the school first and 59 places were offered; 68% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 59 | 82 | 1.4▲ | 68% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 74 | 1.2▲ | 77% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 61 | 77 | 1.3▲ | 75% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 58 | 65 | 1.1▲ | 89% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 58 | 59 | 1▲ | 90% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.36 mi0.59 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 12% the higher standard. Across West Northamptonshire it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●63% | 62% | ||
| ▲12% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 121947)
Ofsted
Bracken Leas Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 3 March 2020, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Feb 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 25 Feb 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2020
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 121947), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2020Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2016Inadequate
Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 121947)
What parents said
99% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (125 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 99%
- Replies
- 125
- 30% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 72% who raised concerns
based on the 18% who had a child bullied
based on 30 parents (24%) with SEND