Academy converter · Leicestershire

Brookside Primary School

4–11Ages
431Pupils
PrimaryPhase
145619URN

Copse Close, Oadby, Leicester, LE2 4FU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2022 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

3.5per place

0.8 above Leicestershire median (2.7)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Leicestershire

193 applications for 55 places · 35th of 176 in Leicestershire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

92%met the expected standard

Leicestershire 63% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 28 September 2022Ofsted'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

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

3.5applications per place, Reception

0.8 above Leicestershire median (2.7) 1.3 above England median (2.2)

193 applications · 55 places offered · 50 named it first

2026 3.5; Leicestershire median median 2.7
2025 3.3; Leicestershire median median 2.8
2024 2.5; Leicestershire median median 2.4
2023 2.8; Leicestershire median median 2.3
2022 1.9; Leicestershire median median 1.9
2021 2.3; Leicestershire median median 1.8
2020 2.1; Leicestershire median median 1.8
2019 2.1; Leicestershire median median 1.9
2018 2.2; Leicestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
2017 2.0; Leicestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
2016 2.0; Leicestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
2015 2.0; Leicestershire median median 1.7; as the previous school
2014 2.0; Leicestershire median median 1.7; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Leicestershire median in 7 of 8 years.

This school
Leicestershire median

Dashed bars: as Brookside Primary School, Oadby (URN 119989), 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	55	193	3.5	50	0.91
Sep 2025	59	192	3.3	56	0.95
Sep 2024	56	137	2.5	37	0.66
Sep 2023	48	132	2.8	40	0.83
Sep 2022	52	100	1.9	45	0.87
Sep 2021	37	85	2.3	28	0.76
Sep 2020	59	123	2.1	50	0.85
Sep 2019	46	98	2.1	32	0.70
Sep 2018 *	53	114	2.2	44	0.83
Sep 2017 *	45	92	2.0	41	0.91
Sep 2016 *	47	95	2.0	37	0.79
Sep 2015 *	51	102	2.0	42	0.82
Sep 2014 *	42	83	2.0	30	0.71

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 95% · Writing 95% · Maths 92% → all three 92% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard92%6th of 211 in Leicestershire

Leicestershire 63% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard95%

Leicestershire 80% England 78%

Higher standard44%

Leicestershire 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard95%

Leicestershire 74% England 75%

Greater depth19%

Leicestershire 7% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard92%

Leicestershire 79% England 77%

Higher standard44%

Leicestershire 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Leicestershire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	92%	13%	109	109
2023/24	79%	10%	107	107
2022/23	74%	16%	107	107

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

Brookside Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2022

3.5applications per place 92%met the SATs standard
Launde Primary School
1.2 km · Leicestershire

2026

4.7applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
Woodland Grange Primary School
1.4 km · Leicestershire

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.4applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
Langmoor Primary School Oadby
2.0 km · Leicestershire

2026

4.5applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
Brocks Hill Primary School
2.0 km · Leicestershire

Outstanding2023

3.0applications per place 97%met the SATs standard
Glenmere Community Primary School
2.5 km · Leicestershire

Graded · no overall grade2024

4.6applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Linden Primary School
2.6 km · Leicester

Standards maintained2024

2.0applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Saint John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy, Wigston, Leicestershire
2.7 km · Leicestershire

2025

2.1applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
Whitehall Primary School
2.8 km · Leicester

Good2024

1.8applications per place 71%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: 145619 · 855/2189
Trust: Oak Multi Academy Trust
Capacity: 440 pupils · 431 on roll
Free school meals: 13.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision: Resourced provision and SEN unit
Opened: 1 April 2018
Replaced: Brookside Primary School, Oadby (URN 119989)
Address: Copse Close, Oadby, Leicester, LE2 4FU
Local authority: Leicestershire · Oadby and Wigston

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