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The Brakenhale School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 48 47.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
47.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
50.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
13.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.29 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 44.2[6] 39.8%[6]
2023/24 43[4] 44.2%[4] -0.29[4]
2022/23 42.6[7] 33%[7] 0.00[7]
2021/22 42.4[8] 31%[8] -0.12[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
15.2% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C-[10] 0%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 0%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 14.3%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 5%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
34% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
48% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[14]
Employment
5% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 92%[15] 21%[15] 2%[15] 55%[15] 2%[15] 10%[15]
2020/21 93%[16] 45%[16] 3%[16] 34%[16] 5%[16] 5%[16]
2019/20 93%[17] 47%[17] 2%[17] 37%[17] 0%[17] 6%[17]
2018/19 94%[18] 46%[18] 4%[18] 32%[18] 2%[18] 8%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
91% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
44% 2022/23[19]
Education
49% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[19]
Employment
37% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 84%[20] 46%[20] 52%[20] 4%[20] 28%[20]
2020/21 82%[21] 56%[21] 60%[21] 2%[21] 20%[21]
2019/20 83%[22] 45%[22] 46%[22] 9%[22] 28%[22]
2018/19 91%[23] 49%[23] 56%[23] 7%[23] 28%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
47% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
14% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
9% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 65%[26] 14%[26]
2019/20 64%[25] 9%[25] 9%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 62%[27] 6%[27] 6%[27] 2%[27]
2017/18 37%[28] 2%[28] 2%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
21 May 2024[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
2 Jul 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
13 Sep 2022[30] S8 No Formal Designation Visit[30] No overall grade[30]
29 Jan 2019[31] Academy First Section 5[31] Good[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.6 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
273 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
118 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
172 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.7 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 316[32] 121[32] 169[32] 1.9[32] 0.7[32]
Entry Sept 2024 409[32] 177[32] 207[32] 2.0[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2023 443[32] 217[32] 207[32] 2.1[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2022 508[32] 226[32] 202[32] 2.5[32] 1.1[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1275[1]
Trust
GREENSHAW LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority
Bracknell Forest[1]
District
Bracknell Forest[33]
Postcode
RG12 7BA[1]
URN
142577[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1108 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
18.7% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
14.2% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
3.8% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
22% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
70.9%[35]
Mixed
9.1%[35]
Asian
12.1%[35]
Black
5.2%[35]
Any other ethnic group
2%[35]
Unclassified
0.7%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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