Secondary
The Brakenhale School
Rectory Lane, Bracknell, RG12 7BA
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1001 of 1275 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.8
- Local authority
- Bracknell Forest
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- GREENSHAW LEARNING TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 68.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 97.4
- Pupils per adult
- 11.8
- Pupils
- 1,148
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2024
Good
Still graded as at
Good
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
40%
2 points below the Bracknell average (42% across 4 schools)
44.2
1.8 below the Bracknell average (46.0 across 4 schools)
2nd of 4 by our score, among the secondary schools in Bracknell we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.93 |
| Entered the EBacc | 37% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 40% |
| A level average points per entry | 27.78 |
| A level students | 63 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 31% |
| 22/23 | 33% |
| 23/24 | 44% |
| 24/25 | 40% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 32.8 |
| 22/23 | 28.9 |
| 23/24 | 25.5 |
| 24/25 | 27.8 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.12 |
| 22/23 | 0.00 |
| 23/24 | -0.29 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 42.4 |
| 22/23 | 42.6 |
| 23/24 | 43.0 |
| 24/25 | 44.2 |
Rectory Lane, Bracknell, RG12 7BA
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Bracknell Forest admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Camilla Douglas
- Address
- Rectory Lane, Bracknell, RG12 7BA
- Telephone
- 01344423041