Badgerbrook Primary School

Badgerbrook Primary School is performing well overall. Safeguarding standards are met, attendance and behaviour are strong, and inclusion is a particular strength: disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND are identified quickly, supported well and experience success. Pupils behave highly positively, attend well and feel safe, and personal development is broad, with clubs, pastoral support and opportunities for disadvantaged pupils. Leadership and governance are also strong, with staff development, trust oversight and parent trust all positive, and leaders managed a recent flood professionally. Achievement, curriculum and teaching are at the expected standard. Pupils learn well across a broad, ambitious curriculum, outcomes at the expected standard in national tests are above national averages, and pupils are generally well prepared for the next stage. However, the proportion reaching the higher standard is only in line with national averages, and leaders want more pupils to reach that level. The main weakness is early years, which needs attention. Expectations of what children can learn and do are not high enough, staff do not consistently extend children's speaking skills or independence, and inaccurate letter formation is not routinely corrected, so some pupils do not develop accurate, fluent handwriting. Overall, the school is well led and improving, but it needs to sharpen early years challenge and language development and tighten handwriting practice.

Strengths

• Safeguarding standards are met and pupils feel safe.
• Pupils attend well, with low overall and persistent absence.
• Behaviour is highly positive in lessons and at social times.
• Inclusion is strong for disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND.
• Leaders identify barriers to learning quickly and provide effective support.
• The curriculum is broad, balanced and ambitious.
• Outcomes at the expected standard are above national averages.
• Personal development is well planned, including clubs and pastoral support.
• Leadership and governance are effective, with strong staff development and trust oversight.
• Parents express high levels of trust in school leadership.

Areas for Improvement

• Early years expectations of what children can learn and do are not high enough.
• Some pupils do not develop accurate and fluent handwriting because inaccurate letter formation is not consistently corrected.
• Early years staff do not consistently use opportunities to develop children's speaking skills, extend learning or promote independence.
• The proportion of pupils reaching the higher standard in national tests is only in line with national averages.

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 Badgerbrook Primary School attended 96.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.5% 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, 0.2% of pupils at Badgerbrook 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 Badgerbrook Primary School had 23.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.0% 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, 13.3% of pupils at Badgerbrook Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

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 Badgerbrook Primary School received £6,014 and spent £6,897 for each of its 405 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £359,000 (£888 per pupil).

Across all 20 schools of Discovery Schools Academies Trust Ltd, income was £9,576 and spending £9,975 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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All schools in Leicester · Leicestershire local authority: places and applications

Badgerbrook Primary School is part of Discovery Schools Academies Trust Ltd, which runs 21 schools. The nearest others:

• Greystoke Primary School Leicester
• Parkland Primary School South Wigston Wigston
• Enderby Danemill Primary School Leicester
• Millgate School Leicester
• Fossebrook Primary School Leicester
• Braunstone Community Primary School Leicester
• Ash Field Academy Leicester
• Merrydale Junior School Leicester
• Barwell Church of England Junior School Leicester
• Mowmacre Hill Primary School Leicester

What is Badgerbrook Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Badgerbrook Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in January 2026.

When was Badgerbrook Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Badgerbrook Primary School was last inspected in January 2026.

How many pupils does Badgerbrook Primary School have?

Badgerbrook Primary School has 398 pupils on roll.

What age range does Badgerbrook Primary School cover?

Badgerbrook Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 76% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Badgerbrook Primary School?

Badgerbrook Primary School is at Badger Drive, Whetstone, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE8 6ZW.