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Badgerbrook Primary School

Community school · Leicester · LE8 6ZW

Ages 4–11 · 416 pupils · Leicestershire

KS2 expected (RWM)

75%

Overall absence

3.7%

Admissions demand

0.98 · Balanced demand

Performance

Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.

Key stage 2 (2023/24)

Expected standard (RWM)75%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
Avg scaled score — reading
108.0
Avg scaled score — maths
107.0
Avg scaled score — GPS
109.0

Source: DfE school and college performance tables

Absence

Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.

Overall absence3.7%
Persistent absence (10%+)6.6%
Unauthorised1.1%
Authorised absence
2.6%
Severe absence (50%+)
0.3%
Enrolments in measure
362

Absence trend

2021/22

2022/23

2023/24

  • Overall
  • Persistent (10%+)

Source: DfE pupil absence in schools in England

Admissions demand

Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.

Demand ratio

0.98 · Balanced demand

1st preferences

56

Places offered

57

1st-preference offers

56

Total preferences (any rank)
131
Preferred offers (top 3)
57
Applications from outside LA
0
Offers to outside-LA applicants
0

Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.

Size & intake

From the GIAS school census (18 Jan 2024).

Capacity fill99%

416 pupils · 420 places

Pupils on roll
416
Boys / girls
226 / 190
School capacity
420
Capacity fill
416 / 420 (99%)
Free school meals
7.5%
FSM pupils
31
Gender
Mixed
School type
Community school

Age range

Ages 4–11

05111619

Provision

Official GIAS characteristics

0 / 6

  • Nursery
  • Sixth form
  • Boarding
  • Special school
  • Independent
  • Academy

School characteristics

Special classes
No Special Classes
Governance
Community school
Headteacher
Mrs Joanne Andrews (Interim Head Teacher)

Location

Address
Badger Drive, Whetstone
Postcode
LE8 6ZW
Town
Leicester
County
Leicestershire
Local authority
Leicestershire
District
Blaby
Constituency
South Leicestershire
Urban/rural
(England/Wales) Urban city and town

Local context

How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.

Mixed community school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Leicester, Leicestershire, 416 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 7.5%.

Open schools in Leicester
229
Primary schools in Leicester
153
Academies among open schools in Leicester
56% (128)
Open schools in LE8
16
Primary in LE8
9
Open schools in Leicestershire LA
328
Primary in Leicestershire LA
231

Nearby primary schools

Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.

Compare with theseAll in LeicesterNear LE8

  • Badgerbrook Primary School

    Ofsted: Expected standard

    Academy converter · Primary

    Leicester · LE8 6ZW · Leicestershire

    Ages 4–11

    • FSM9.8%

    0.0 miles away

  • Cosby Primary School

    Ofsted: Good

    Academy converter · Primary

    Leicester · LE9 1TE · Leicestershire

    Ages 3–11

    • KS276%
    • Absence5.5%
    • FSM12.6%
    • Demand1.00

    0.8 miles away

  • Blaby Thistly Meadow Primary School

    Ofsted: Not judged

    Community school · Primary

    Leicester · LE8 4FE · Leicestershire

    Ages 4–11

    • KS267%
    • Absence4.2%
    • FSM11.9%
    • Demand1.00

    1.0 miles away

  • Greystoke Primary School

    Ofsted: School remains Good

    Academy converter · Primary

    Leicester · LE19 2GX · Leicestershire

    Ages 3–11

    • KS275%
    • Absence4.4%
    • FSM15.1%
    • Demand1.00

    1.4 miles away

  • Greenfield Primary School

    Ofsted: Good

    Community school · Primary

    Leicester · LE8 5SG · Leicestershire

    Ages 3–11

    • KS268%
    • Absence4.7%
    • FSM15.1%
    • Demand1.00

    1.6 miles away

  • Glen Hills Primary School

    Ofsted: School remains Good

    Academy converter · Primary

    Leicester · LE2 9NY · Leicestershire

    Ages 4–11

    • KS266%
    • Absence5.1%
    • FSM20.4%
    • Demand0.96

    1.8 miles away

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Contact

Headteacher
Mrs Joanne Andrews (Interim Head Teacher)

Official links