Birch Hill Primary School
Leppington, Bracknell Forest, RG12 7WW
This school is closed (it closed in November 2023).
It was replaced by Birch Hill Primary School and Nursery. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Michael Dillon
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Bracknell
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 419
- URN
- 109893
- Local authority
- Bracknell Forest
About this school
Birch Hill Primary School was a community primary school in Bracknell Forest. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 419 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Birch Hill Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 52 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | 55% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 69% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 67% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 79% | 73% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.40 | - |
| Writing progress | +0.80 | - |
| Maths progress | +1.60 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Birch Hill Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Bracknell Forest average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 63% | 62% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 55% | 61.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 61% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Birch Hill Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.1% | 13.3% | 419 | — |
| Birch Hill Primary School and Nursery | 49% | 5.1% | 13% | 361 | 0.0 miles |
| The Pines School | 48% | 4.8% | 22.9% | 285 | 0.6 miles |
| St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School, Bracknell | 66% | 3.4% | 7.8% | 233 | 0.7 miles |
| Crown Wood Primary School | 63% | 4.5% | 18.1% | 671 | 0.8 miles |
| St Michael's Easthampstead Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 48% | 5.1% | 7.1% | 184 | 0.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 13.3%
- English as an additional language
- 15.8%
- Overall absence
- 6.1%
- Persistent absence
- 17.1%
Location
Nearby schools
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Birch Hill Primary School and Nursery0.0 miles
Primary · Bracknell Forest
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The Pines School0.6 miles
Primary · Bracknell
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St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School, Bracknell0.7 miles
Primary · Bracknell
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Crown Wood Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Bracknell
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St Michael's Easthampstead Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Bracknell
Other schools in Bracknell Forest
Common questions
- What ages does Birch Hill Primary School teach?
- Birch Hill Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Bracknell Forest.
- Has Birch Hill Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Birch Hill Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Birch Hill Primary School?
- Birch Hill Primary School had 419 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Birch Hill Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 63% in 2022/23 and 55% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Birch Hill Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Birch Hill Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 November 2023.