Brookside Primary School
Bucknell Road, Bicester, OX26 2DB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Nicholas Cornell
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 330
- Pupils on roll
- 306
- URN
- 123007
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01869252482
About this school
Brookside Primary School is a community primary school in Bicester. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 306 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 45 | 40 | 40 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 62% | 68% | 58% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 5% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 73% | 75% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 78% | 75% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 76% | 73% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.10 | - | - |
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 Brookside 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 | Oxfordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 62% | 58.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 68% | 59.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 58% | 60.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 314 |
| 2023/24 | 320 |
| 2024/25 | 309 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Brookside Primary School compares
Brookside Primary School ranked 147th of 228 primary schools in Oxfordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 58% | 5.1% | 25.7% | 306 | — |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bicester | — | 5.3% | 11.3% | 217 | 0.1 miles |
| Longfields Primary and Nursery School | 47% | 4.9% | 20.9% | 354 | 0.5 miles |
| Bure Park Primary School | 69% | 5.2% | 10.2% | 402 | 0.5 miles |
| King's Meadow Primary School | 60% | 5.1% | 12.9% | 443 | 0.6 miles |
| Southwold Primary School | 60% | 5.5% | 14.9% | 315 | 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 25.68%
- English as an additional language
- 15.2%
- Overall absence
- 5.08%
- Persistent absence
- 10.61%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bicester0.1 miles
Primary · Bicester
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Longfields Primary and Nursery School0.5 miles
Primary · Bicester
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Bure Park Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Bicester
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King's Meadow Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Bicester
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Southwold Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Bicester
Other schools in Bicester
Brookside Primary School ranks 12th of the 17 ranked primary schools in Bicester.
- Bure Park Primary School Primary
- Chesterton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Dr Radcliffe's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Five Acres Primary School Primary
- Fringford Church of England Primary School Primary
- Fritwell Church of England Primary School Primary
- Gagle Brook Primary School Primary
- Glory Farm Primary School Primary
- King's Meadow Primary School Primary
- Langford Village Community Primary School Primary
- Launton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Longfields Primary and Nursery School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Brookside Primary School teach?
- Brookside Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Bicester.
- Who is the headteacher of Brookside Primary School?
- The headteacher of Brookside Primary School is Mr Nicholas Cornell, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Brookside Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Brookside Primary 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 big is Brookside Primary School?
- Brookside Primary School has 306 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Brookside Primary School full?
- Brookside Primary School has capacity for 330 pupils and 306 on roll (93%), 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 Brookside Primary School a faith school?
- No. Brookside Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Brookside Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Brookside Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Brookside Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 62% in 2022/23 and 58% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Brookside Primary School rank locally?
- Brookside Primary School ranked 147th of 228 primary schools in Oxfordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Brookside Primary School's absence rate?
- Brookside Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Brookside Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Brookside 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 June 2026.