Brookside Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Loughborough, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.634 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Brookside Primary School is a primary school in Loughborough, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 20 November 2024. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Brookside 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 | 0.634 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The Reception 2026 last distance was 0.634 miles, the 25th shortest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 2.20 miles).
- That Reception last distance was nearer the school in 2026 than in 2025 and about the same as in 2019, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 50 first-choice applications for 48 offers; 48 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (4%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 83% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 21% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Nottinghamshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- School Green, East Leake, Loughborough, LE12 6LG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 319 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 20 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at this inclusive and nurturing school.”
- “The school has the highest expectations of every pupil.”
- “The curriculum is thoroughly planned and sequenced.”
To improve
- “However, the range of literature used across the curriculum to promote reading for older pupils is too narrow.”
- “The books available to these pupils to read do not enable them to experience different types of texts or texts that explore other cultures and traditions.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 December 2024 (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) | 83% | 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: 50 first-preference applications, 48 offers in total, 48 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 Nottinghamshire.
- Millside Spencer Academy 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lantern Lane Primary and Nursery School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Costock CofE Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Gotham Primary School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bunny CofE Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sutton Bonington Primary School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Normanton-On-Soar Primary School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- James Peacock Infant and Nursery School 4.5 mi Good Last distance published
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