Brookside Primary SchoolBure Park Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Bicester.

Summary of the comparison

Brookside Primary School and Bure Park Primary School are primary schools in Bicester.

  • Brookside Primary School scores 60 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Bure Park Primary School scores 68 out of 100 (grade C, average). Bure Park Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Brookside Primary School was judged the expected standard and Bure Park Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 58.0% for Brookside Primary School and 69.0% for Bure Park Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Brookside Primary School (62.0% in 2022-23, 58.0% in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Bure Park Primary School (67.0% in 2022-23, 69.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Brookside Primary School versus Bure Park Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure BicesterBrookside Primary SchoolBicesterBure Park Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC60/100C68/100Stronger figure
Local ranking102nd of 236 in Oxfordshire 44th of 236 in Oxfordshire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Community school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll309 402
Capacity330 480
LocationBicester, OX26 2DB Bicester, OX26 3BP
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard58.0% 69.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard3.0% 10.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score104.0 105.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score103.0 107.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census309 402
Free school meals (ever 6)25.7% 10.2%
English as an additional language15.2% 10.7%
SEN support12.6% 19.4%
SEN with an EHC plan4.5% 6.5%
Attendance
Overall absence5.1% Stronger figure5.2% 6.2%
Persistent absence10.6% Stronger figure15.1% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Brookside Primary School

Bure Park Primary School

Full profiles: Brookside Primary School · Bure Park Primary School