Bracken Hill School

State-Funded School

bracken-hill-school-nottinghamshire-east-midlands-149708

East MidlandsRegion

NottinghamshireLocal Authority

AshfieldConstituency

NG17 7HZPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Bracken Hill School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–18, located in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 176 pupils. Bracken Hill School is part of ESTEEM MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2016

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

93%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

176

Total Pupils

72%Boys

28%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

39%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 4 – 18
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 176
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: ESTEEM MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
19 Oct 2016	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.