Brackley Church of England Junior School
Ofsted: Needs attentionVoluntary controlled school · Primary
BRACKLEY · NN13 6EE · West Northamptonshire
Ages 7–11
- KS254%
- Absence5.8%
- FSM13.8%
0.4 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 144394
Bracken Leas Primary School
Academy sponsor led · Brackley · NN13 6LF
Ages 4–11 · 420 pupils · West Northamptonshire
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
53%
Overall absence
5.3%
Admissions demand
1.26 · Competitive
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2020-03-03
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)53%
Higher standard (RWM)9%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 107.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.3%
Persistent absence (10%+)10.4%
Unauthorised0.7%
- Authorised absence
- 4.5%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.6%
- Enrolments in measure
- 364
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
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
1.26 · Competitive
1st preferences
77
Places offered
61
1st-preference offers
58
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 150
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 61
- Applications from outside LA
- 2
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 1
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 (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill100%
420 pupils · 420 places
- Pupils on roll
- 420
- Boys / girls
- 214 / 206
- School capacity
- 420
- Capacity fill
- 420 / 420 (100%)
- Free school meals
- 3.8%
- FSM pupils
- 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE HAWKSMOOR LEARNING TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE HAWKSMOOR LEARNING TRUST
- Sponsor
- The Hawksmoor Learning Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Paula Harwood
Location
- Address
- Magdalen Meadows
- Postcode
- NN13 6LF
- Town
- Brackley
- County
- Northamptonshire
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- District
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (primary), Ages 4–11, in Brackley, West Northamptonshire, 420 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 3.8%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Waynflete Infants' School
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy converter · Primary
Brackley · NN13 6AF · West Northamptonshire
Ages 5–7
- Absence5.8%
- FSM7.1%
- Demand0.74
0.5 miles away
The Radstone Primary School
Ofsted: GoodFree schools · Primary
Brackley · NN13 6GA · West Northamptonshire
Ages 4–11
- KS259%
- Absence4.4%
- FSM9.4%
- Demand1.13
0.5 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Paula Harwood
- Telephone
- 01280707050