Badgerbrook Primary School
Academy converter in Leicester, Leicestershire.
School details
| Phase | Primary |
|---|---|
| Type | Academy converter |
| Age range | 4 to 11 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| Pupils on roll | 398 (school census 15-01-2026) |
| Capacity | 420 |
| Free school meals | 9.80% |
| Trust or sponsor | DISCOVERY SCHOOLS ACADEMIES TRUST LTD |
| Local authority | Leicestershire |
| Address | Badger Drive, Whetstone, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE8 6ZW |
| Map | View on Google Maps |
| Website | https://badgerbrook.org |
| Telephone | 01162752353 |
| URN | 151128 |
Ofsted inspection
Latest full inspection: report card inspection under Ofsted's renewed framework (in use since November 2025), started 11 November 2025, published 12 January 2026. Report cards grade each area separately; there is no single overall grade.
| Safeguarding standards | Met |
|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard |
| Early years | Needs attention |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Earlier graded inspection under the previous framework (Education Inspection Framework), started 23 January 2024, published 7 March 2024:
| Overall effectiveness | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years provision | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
This graded inspection was of the predecessor school (Badgerbrook Primary School, URN 119978).
Read the Ofsted reports for this school
Ofsted stopped giving single-word overall effectiveness grades in September 2024 and introduced report cards from November 2025. Older grades are shown with their dates and may not reflect the school today.
Nearby schools
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School Whetstone (primary school, about 1.2 km)
- Cosby Primary School (primary school, about 1.3 km)
- Blaby Stokes Church of England Primary School (primary school, about 1.4 km)
- Blaby Thistly Meadow Primary School (primary school, about 1.6 km)
- Greystoke Primary School (primary school, about 2.3 km)
- Greenfield Primary School (primary school, about 2.5 km)
- Glen Hills Primary School (primary school, about 2.9 km)
- Red Hill Field Primary School (primary school, about 3.1 km)
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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. School data: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (downloaded 11 October 2026). Inspection data: Ofsted, state-funded schools inspections and outcomes management information (as at 31 August 2026). Last updated 2026-10-11.