Braeside School
130 High Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5SD
This school is closed (it closed in July 2025).
- Phase
- Independent schools
- School type
- Other independent school
- Ages
- 2 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headmistress
- Mrs Chloe Moon
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Epping Forest
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 211
- Pupils on roll
- 95
- URN
- 115386
- Local authority
- Essex
About this school
Braeside School was an independent school in Buckhurst Hill. It taught children aged 2 to 16 and had 95 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Braeside School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1951, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 15 | 14 |
| Attainment 8 score | 63.0 | 59.1 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 100% | 78.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 100% | 92.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 27% | 50% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.3 | 5.3 |
Trends over time
How Braeside 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 | Essex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 63 | 43.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 59.1 | 41.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 42.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 155 |
| 2023/24 | 151 |
| 2024/25 | 95 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 1
- Pupils on SEN support
- 14
Location
Nearby schools
-
Loyola Preparatory School0.3 miles
Independent schools · Buckhurst Hill
-
Daiglen School0.3 miles
Independent schools
-
Oaklands School0.8 miles
Independent schools · Loughton
-
Bancroft's Preparatory School0.9 miles
Independent schools · Woodford Green
-
Bancroft's School0.9 miles
Independent schools · Woodford Green
Other schools in Buckhurst Hill
- Loyola Preparatory School Independent schools
- Buckhurst Hill Community Primary School Primary
- St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Buckhurst Hill Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Braeside School teach?
- Braeside School taught children aged 2 to 16. It was an independent school in Buckhurst Hill.
- Has Braeside School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Braeside 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 big is Braeside School?
- Braeside School had 95 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 16.
- How have Braeside School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 63 in 2022/23 and 59.1 in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Braeside School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Braeside 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 5 August 2025.