Brooke House College
12 Leicester Road, Market Harborough, LE16 7AU
- Phase
- Independent schools
- School type
- Other independent school
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Principal
- Principal Ian Smith
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 300
- Pupils on roll
- 86
- URN
- 120341
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01858462452
About this school
Brooke House College is an independent school in Market Harborough. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 86 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Brooke House College under its current framework. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Brooke House College has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 1991, 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 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 48 | 39 | 22 |
| Attainment 8 score | 8.9 | 8.4 | 9.0 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 2.6% | 4.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
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 Brooke House College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Leicestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.9 | 37.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 8.4 | 37.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 9 | 36.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 254 |
| 2023/24 | 162 |
| 2024/25 | 105 |
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
- 0
- Pupils on SEN support
- 1
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Divergent School Harborough0.1 miles
Special schools · Market Harborough
-
White Stacks Outdoor Learning Centre5.6 miles
Special schools · Leicester
-
The Lady Byron School6.3 miles
Special schools
-
Cilddewi Uchaf6.5 miles
Welsh schools · Rothwell
-
LGS Stoneygate7.1 miles
Independent schools · Leicester
Other schools in Market Harborough
- Bringhurst Primary School Primary
- Church Langton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Clipston Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Cottingham Church of England Primary School Primary
- Farndon Fields Primary School Primary
- Foxton Primary School Primary
- Great Bowden Academy, A Church of England Primary School Primary
- Hallaton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Little Bowden School Primary
- Lubenham All Saints Church of England Primary School Primary
- Market Harborough Church of England Academy Primary
- Meadowdale Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Brooke House College teach?
- Brooke House College teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is an independent school in Market Harborough.
- Who is the principal of Brooke House College?
- The principal of Brooke House College is Principal Ian Smith, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Brooke House College been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Brooke House College 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 Brooke House College?
- Brooke House College has 86 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Brooke House College full?
- Brooke House College has capacity for 300 pupils and 86 on roll (29%), so it has space against 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 Brooke House College a faith school?
- No. Brooke House College has no designated religious character.
- Is Brooke House College a selective school?
- No. Brooke House College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have Brooke House College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 8.9 in 2022/23 and 9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Brooke House College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Brooke House College'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.