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Braunstone Community Primary School

3–11Ages
429Pupils
PrimaryPhase
143245URN

Cort Crescent, Braunstone, Leicester, LE3 1QH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodSep 2019

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Feb 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.3per place

0.3 below Leicester median (1.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Leicester

59 applications for 45 places · 65th of 72 in Leicester

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

75%met the expected standard

Leicester 62% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodSep 2019

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Feb 2025

The graded inspection, 18 September 2019Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Inspection history

5 February 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
18 September 2019
Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

1.3applications per place, Reception

0.3 below Leicester median (1.6) 0.9 below England median (2.2)

59 applications · 45 places offered · 43 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

2026 1.3; Leicester median median 1.6
2025 1.4; Leicester median median 1.7
2024 1.4; Leicester median median 1.7
2023 1.6; Leicester median median 1.6
2022 1.3; Leicester median median 1.6
2021 1.7; Leicester median median 1.7
2020 1.4; Leicester median median 1.7
2019 1.3; Leicester median median 1.5
2018 1.2; Leicester median median 1.6
2017 1.2; Leicester median median 1.6
2016 1.6; Leicester median median 1.9; as the previous school
2015 1.6; Leicester median median 1.9; as the previous school
2014 1.4; Leicester median median 1.7; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Leicester median in 0 of 10 years.

This school
Leicester median

Dashed bars: as Braunstone Community Primary School (URN 128085), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	45	59	1.3	43	0.96
Sep 2025	36	50	1.4	33	0.92
Sep 2024	43	58	1.4	40	0.93
Sep 2023	39	61	1.6	39	1.00
Sep 2022	54	72	1.3	53	0.98
Sep 2021	40	66	1.7	39	0.98
Sep 2020	54	76	1.4	53	0.98
Sep 2019	45	59	1.3	43	0.96
Sep 2018	49	60	1.2	48	0.98
Sep 2017	56	67	1.2	54	0.96
Sep 2016 *	59	93	1.6	61	1.03
Sep 2015 *	58	94	1.6	57	0.98
Sep 2014 *	59	81	1.4	62	1.05

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 80% · Writing 79% · Maths 82% → all three 75% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard75%10th of 71 in Leicester

Leicester 62% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard80%

Leicester 74% England 78%

Higher standard31%

Leicester 29% England 33%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard79%

Leicester 71% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Leicester 7% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard82%

Leicester 76% England 77%

Higher standard25%

Leicester 28% England 24%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Leicester median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	75%	0%	105	105
2023/24	45%	0%	101	101
2022/23	50%	3%	103	104

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Braunstone Community Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

1.3applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Queensmead Primary Academy
0.5 km · Leicester

Remains Good2024

1.6applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
Kingsway Primary School
1.1 km · Leicestershire

Remains Good2022

2.2applications per place 49%met the SATs standard
Dovelands Primary School
1.3 km · Leicester

2026

2.2applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Braunstone Frith Primary Academy
1.4 km · Leicester

Good2024

1.3applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
Folville Junior School
1.4 km · Leicester

Standards maintained2024

67%met the SATs standard
Imperial Avenue Infant School
1.5 km · Leicester

Remains Good2023

1.6applications per place
Caldecote Community Primary School
1.5 km · Leicester

Standards maintained2025

1.4applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy
1.5 km · Leicester

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.6applications per place 54%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 143245 · 856/3434
Trust: Discovery Schools Academies Trust Ltd
Capacity: 420 pupils · 429 on roll
Free school meals: 60.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 October 2016
Replaced: Braunstone Community Primary School (URN 128085)
Address: Cort Crescent, Braunstone, Leicester, LE3 1QH
Local authority: Leicester

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources