Braunstone Community Primary School

About Braunstone Community Primary School

Braunstone Community Primary School sits within the Leicester local authority, a large primary phase where only five of 82 schools hold an Outstanding Ofsted rating. The school itself ranks 59th out of 68 primary schools in the city on the key stage 2 expected standard measure, placing it in the bottom half locally. For context, the top-performing peers in Leicester include Whitehall Primary School, St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy, and Queensmead Primary Academy, all of which score significantly higher on the same metric. Braunstone’s ranking reflects a school serving a community with high levels of disadvantage — 60.7 per cent of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the national average. The school’s most recent graded inspection, in 2019, rated it Good overall, with Good marks across all categories including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership. A subsequent ungraded inspection in February 2025 confirmed that standards have been maintained, which is a positive signal of consistency under headteacher Sharon Walker.

Academically, Braunstone’s key stage 2 results for 2023/24 show that 45 per cent of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That is 17 percentage points below the Leicester local authority average of 62 per cent, and places the school in the bottom 50 nationally on this metric. Looking at individual subjects, 52 per cent met the expected standard in reading, 65 per cent in maths, and 66 per cent in writing. The proportion reaching the higher standard was low: 18 per cent in reading, 13 per cent in maths, and none in writing or the combined measure. Average scaled scores were 101 in both reading and maths, which is exactly the national baseline. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points. The previous Ofsted inspection in 2016 rated the school Requires Improvement, so the jump to Good by 2019 represents a notable turnaround in leadership and teaching quality.

Braunstone is a larger-than-average primary with 434 pupils against a capacity of 420, and it was oversubscribed for 2025/26 reception places, receiving 50 applications for 36 places, with 33 first-preference offers made. The school has a nursery provision for children from age three. Facilities include a library, gymnasium, outdoor playground, art studios, music rooms, a sensory room, and a chapel. Sports offered include swimming, cricket, dance, gymnastics, rounders and athletics, and there are clubs such as book club, chess and choir. The school lists a wide range of SEND provisions, covering specific learning difficulties, moderate learning difficulty, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication needs, visual impairment, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. Parent View responses from 26 respondents were overwhelmingly positive: 96 per cent would recommend the school, and strong majorities agreed that children are happy, safe, and well supported. This is a school that suits families looking for a community-focused primary with strong pastoral care and a broad range of activities, set in a diverse urban context.

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