Brackenwood Infant School

Community school·Infant school Wirral·CH63 2HN

School type

Infant school

Ages 4–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Brackenwood Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 4–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

44 first choices, 48 places

First choices per place

0.92

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

129

any preference, for 48 places

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.02

00.511.5

1 per place

1.0520221.0220230.9120240.9420250.922026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Brackenwood Infant School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Outstanding

Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Outstanding

School profile

Age range: 4–7
Pupils on roll: 156
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

17.3%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

3.2%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

6.4%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

3.2%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

3.5%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

2.9%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

23.6

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,025

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Brackenwood Junior School Wirral · 0.2 mi 68.1 St Andrew's CofE Primary School Wirral · 0.3 mi 47.2 Stanton Road Primary School Wirral · 0.5 mi 47.8 Church Drive Primary School Wirral · 0.7 mi 56.5 St John's Catholic Junior School Wirral · 0.7 mi 32.8 Higher Bebington Junior School Wirral · 0.8 mi 49.8 Grove Street Primary School Wirral · 0.8 mi 19.5 St Anne's Catholic Primary School Birkenhead · 1.1 mi 39.6

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

Brackenwood Infant School at a glance

Located in Wirral, Brackenwood Infant School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 156 pupils aged 4 to 7. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Outstanding' at its most recent inspection.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Brackenwood Infant School their first choice was offered one of its 48 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 3.5%. There are about 23.6 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.