Meadowbrook School
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Location
- Nottingham, NG10 4HR
- Distance
- 0.9km away
Brackenfield Special School
Bracken Road, Long Eaton, Nottingham, NG10 4DA
Ofsted: Outstanding
Independent
Phase
280
Capacity
3-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 12 November 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Cohort Size
- 14
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 206
- Boys
- 178 (63%)
- Girls
- 105 (37%)
- Capacity
- 280 (101% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 47.8%
- EAL
- 11.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 99.5%
- SEN Support
- 0.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 7.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 28.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £29,108/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 74.0%
- Asian Pakistani: 5.0%
- White Other: 3.5%
- Asian Other: 3.0%
- Asian Indian: 2.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.5%
74.0%
White British
5.0%
Asian Pakistani
3.5%
White Other
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Bracken Road
Nottingham, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 113031
- UKPRN
- 10015245
- Establishment No.
- 7005
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