Bracken Leas Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Brackley, West Northamptonshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From West Northamptonshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bracken Leas Primary School is a primary school in Brackley, West Northamptonshire for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 26 February 2025. West Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Bracken Leas Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 there were 82 first-choice applications for 59 offers, 1.4 first choices per offer, the 2nd highest of 143 West Northamptonshire primary schools.
- Of the Reception 2026 offers, 56 went to first-choice families, and 26 first-choice families (32%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 12% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other West Northamptonshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Magdalen Meadows, Brackley, NN13 6LF
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 420 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 26 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils arrive each day with smiles on their faces and an eagerness to learn.”
- “From the early years to Year 6, pupils greet their classmates and staff warmly and get stuck into their learning without delay.”
- “Pupils rise to the school’s high expectations.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, the school’s approaches for checking if pupils have learned and remembered the important subject content are not as well developed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 63% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 82 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 56 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in West Northamptonshire.
- Brackley Church of England Junior School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Waynflete Infants' School 0.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- The Radstone Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Farthinghoe Primary School 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Greatworth Primary School 3.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Helmdon Primary School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Newbottle and Charlton Church of England Primary School 3.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Syresham St James CofE Primary School and Nursery 3.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published