Brackenfield Special School
Bracken Road, Long Eaton, Nottingham, NG10 4DA
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 3 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Trish Turner
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Erewash
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 280
- Pupils on roll
- 283
- URN
- 113031
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01159733710
About this school
Brackenfield Special School is a community special school in Nottingham. It teaches children aged 3 to 19 and has 283 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Brackenfield Special School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 11 | 17 | 19 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -11.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -8.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -11.20 | - | - |
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.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 10 | 8 | 14 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Brackenfield Special 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 | Derbyshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 161 |
| 2023/24 | 175 |
| 2024/25 | 206 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 47.78%
- English as an additional language
- 11.7%
- Overall absence
- 7.22%
- Persistent absence
- 19.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Trent College0.3 miles
Independent schools · Nottingham
-
Stanton Vale School0.8 miles
Academies · Nottingham
-
Spring Valley School0.9 miles
Special schools · Breaston
-
Hemlock Stone School2.1 miles
Special schools · Stapleford
-
Foxwood Academy3.0 miles
Academies · Nottingham
Other schools in Nottingham
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- Bracken Hill School Academies
- Carlton Digby School Special schools
- Clayfield House Other types
- CP Riverside School Free Schools
- Crisp Vocational Provision Special schools
- Denewood Academy Academies
- Endeavour Academy Academies
- Foxwood Academy Academies
- Longdale Lodge Outdoor Learning Centre Special schools
- Nethergate Academy Academies
- Nottingham HOPE Academy Academies
Common questions
- What ages does Brackenfield Special School teach?
- Brackenfield Special School teaches children aged 3 to 19. It is a special school in Nottingham.
- Who is the headteacher of Brackenfield Special School?
- The headteacher of Brackenfield Special School is Mrs Trish Turner, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Brackenfield Special School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Brackenfield Special School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Brackenfield Special School?
- Brackenfield Special School has 283 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 19.
- Is Brackenfield Special School full?
- Brackenfield Special School has capacity for 280 pupils and 283 on roll (101%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Brackenfield Special School a faith school?
- No. Brackenfield Special School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Brackenfield Special School have?
- The schools register lists Brackenfield Special School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; PD - Physical Disability; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Brackenfield Special School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Brackenfield Special School's absence rate?
- Brackenfield Special School's overall absence rate is 7.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Brackenfield Special School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Brackenfield Special 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 24 July 2026.