Birch Hill Primary School and Nursery

Academy converter·Primary school Bracknell Forest·RG12 7WW
Composite score
37.7
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#11,629
National rank
#1749
In South East
#22
In Bracknell Forest
Top 79%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
49%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
37 first choices, 51 places
First choices per place
0.72
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
89
any preference, for 51 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.11
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a2022n/a20230.8520240.8420250.722026

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

Every child who put Birch Hill Primary School and Nursery 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
410
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
13.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,828
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Birch Hill Primary School and Nursery is a primary school serving Bracknell Forest, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 410 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 49% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 6.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% 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 Birch Hill Primary School and Nursery their first choice was offered one of its 51 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 21.2 pupils per teacher. Birch Hill Primary School and Nursery does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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