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Brookside Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Copse Close, Oadby, Leicester LE2 4FU · brookside.leics.sch.uk · 0116 271 3680
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 92%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Leicestershire 63%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 431
- 98% of 440 places
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 13.5%
- First language not English
- 40.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 50 families put the school first and 55 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 | 55 | 50 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 56 | 0.9 | 91% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 56 | 37 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 48 | 40 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 52 | 45 | 0.9 | 98% |
Results
In 2024/25, 92% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 13% the higher standard. Across Leicestershire it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲92% | 62% | ||
| ▲13% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
| ▲114 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 119989)
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
Brookside Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 28 September 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 28 Sept 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Dec 2011
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 119989), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Dec 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 119989)
Jan 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 119989)
What parents said
83% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (35 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 83%
- Replies
- 35
- 8% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 91% who raised concerns
based on the 34% who had a child bullied