Brookside Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Leicestershire·LE2 4FU
Composite score
75.0
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#1,155
National rank
#79
In East Midlands
#15
In Leicestershire
Top 8%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
92%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
50 first choices, 55 places
First choices per place
0.91
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
193
any preference, for 55 places
Applications from another council area
14%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Brookside Primary 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).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
440
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
35.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,164
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Brookside Primary School

Brookside Primary School is a primary school in Leicestershire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 440 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 92% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 13.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 8% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 109 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Brookside Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 55 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.0%. There are about 22.8 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.

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