Brookside Primary School

Brookside Primary School is rated as good overall in its first inspection. The school provides a welcoming environment where every child is recognized as a vital community member, particularly emphasizing inclusivity for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The staff is dedicated, ensuring that pupils feel safe and supported, enabling them to thrive academically and socially. Parents have noted the positive progress their children make, especially in the specialist provision known as 'The Riverbank'. While there are ambitious new strategies in place for maintaining high educational standards, there are challenges in fully embedding these practices across the curriculum.

Strengths

• Strong support for pupils with SEND, particularly in 'The Riverbank'.
• Effective early years provision with smooth transitions for children.
• Highly knowledgeable subject leaders and supportive staff.
• Inclusive environment promoting diverse cultures and languages.
• Pupils demonstrate a deep understanding of British values.

Areas for Improvement

• Phonics curriculum not yet fully embedded across all staff.
• Inconsistent sequencing of learning in some subjects.
• Governance checks lack robustness in assessing leaders' actions.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Brookside Primary School attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Brookside Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Brookside Primary School had 23.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 15.1% of pupils at Brookside Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 19 pupils and resourced provision with 2 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Brookside Primary School received £6,601 and spent £6,501 for each of its 440 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £388,000 (£882 per pupil).

Across all 5 schools of Oak Multi Academy Trust, income was £6,973 and spending £6,729 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Brookside Primary School is part of Oak Multi Academy Trust, which runs 5 schools. The nearest others:

• Manor High School Leicester
• Woodland Grange Primary School Leicester
• Overdale Infant School Leicester
• Overdale Junior School Leicester

What is Brookside Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Brookside Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was Brookside Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Brookside Primary School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Brookside Primary School have?

Brookside Primary School has 431 pupils on roll.

What age range does Brookside Primary School cover?

Brookside Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Brookside Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 92% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Brookside Primary School?

Brookside Primary School is at Copse Close, Oadby, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 4FU.