Badgerbrook Primary School
Badger Drive, Leicester, LE8 6ZW
398 pupils · 95% of 420 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- DISCOVERY SCHOOLS ACADEMIES TRUST LTD
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Free school meals
- 9.8%
Ofsted
Expected standard (2025) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
| Early years | Needs attention |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 11 November 2025, published 12 January 2026. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 76% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 7% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.97 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 58 | 56 | 131 | 58 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 51 | 51 | 140 | 51 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School Whetstone 1.2 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Cosby Primary School 1.3 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Blaby Stokes Church of England Primary School 1.4 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Blaby Thistly Meadow Primary School 1.6 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Greystoke Primary School 2.3 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Greenfield Primary School 2.5 km · Good (2024) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.