# Brookside Primary School

Brookside Primary School is a primary school in Cherwell, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 306 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E123007. [Cherwell](https://openindex.co.uk/cherwell)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 306
- Council: Cherwell
- URN: 123007

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 25 March 2025
- Overall effectiveness: No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 58% of pupils at Brookside Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in Oxfordshire and 62% in England.
3% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Oxfordshire | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 58% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 3% | 9% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 104 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bicester](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-catholic-primary-school-bicester-e151182): 150 m. Primary. School remains Good, January 2023
- [The Bicester School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-bicester-school-e142024): 240 m. Secondary. Good (overall), March 2024. Attainment 8 of 47.3 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Longfields Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/longfields-primary-and-nursery-school-e123008): 760 m. Primary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Bure Park Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bure-park-primary-school-e132057): 820 m. Primary. Good (overall), November 2022. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [King's Meadow Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kings-meadow-primary-school-e123011): 1 km. Primary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [The Cooper School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-cooper-school-e141069): 1.1 km. Secondary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 43.9 (2025/26, provisional)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/123007)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/123007)

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