Badgerbrook Primary School

About Badgerbrook Primary School

Badgerbrook Primary School in Blaby, Leicestershire, is a state-funded mixed primary for ages 4 to 11 that currently houses 405 pupils against a capacity of 420, so it is running very close to full. Its intake is notably less disadvantaged than the national picture: just 8.2 per cent of pupils qualify for free school meals, compared with a typical primary average of around 23 per cent across England. Demand for places is strong. For the 2025/26 admissions cycle, the school offered 51 first-preference places from a total of 140 applications, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.75 applicants per place. That means more than two families applied for every spot, and all 51 first-preference offers were taken up. The school does not have a religious character, so its popularity appears to rest on local reputation and facilities rather than a faith-based catchment.

Academically, Badgerbrook is in a period of transition. Its most recent Ofsted inspection, in January 2024, rated the school Requires Improvement overall, with all five graded categories — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — each marked as Requires Improvement. This is a sharp drop from its previous inspection in 2011, when it was judged Outstanding across the board. The school’s Key Stage 2 results are not published in the data, but the local authority average for KS2 attainment in Leicestershire is 62 per cent, which provides a rough benchmark for the area. Ofsted’s 231 primary schools in the same local authority include eight rated Outstanding, the nearest being Blaby Thistly Meadow Primary School just 1.6 km away. For parents weighing options, Badgerbrook’s current grade is a significant factor to consider alongside its high local demand.

The school offers a broad set of facilities including a music room, gymnasium, ICT suite, library, sensory room, and a forest school area, plus a chapel on site. Sports provision covers athletics, tennis, netball, rounders, dance, football and cricket, and there are clubs running in science, drama, choir, gardening, coding and eco activities. For children with additional needs, the school lists SEND provisions for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication needs, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. With no nursery or sixth form, it is a straight-through primary for reception to Year 6. Given its oversubscription, families living outside the immediate catchment may find it hard to secure a place, and the Requires Improvement rating means it is worth visiting to see how recent changes are bedding in.

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