Schools in Bracknell Forest
45 schools in the Bracknell Forest local authority.
Schools
45
Open schools
Pupils
22,062
2025–26 census
Good or better
100%
33 of 33 graded
Academic Performance
5.6
out of 10 · 37 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 3 9%
- Good
- 30 91%
- Requires improvement
- 0 0%
- Inadequate
- 0 0%
2 inspected since 2024, no overall grade7 superseded by a report card10 not judged
5.6
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 37 of 45 schools that can be scored
Pupils
22,062
pupils on roll
Boys 51%49% Girls
Ethnicity
White
76%Asian
9%Black
4%Mixed
8%Chinese
1%Any other group
1%Unclassified
1%Ethnicity from 38 of 45 schools (18,944 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 13.5%
- First language not English
- 16.7%
- Young carers
- 1.6%
2,552 of 18,944 pupils · 38 of 45 schools
3,171 of 18,944 pupils · 38 of 45 schools
307 of 18,944 pupils · 38 of 45 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 30
- Secondary
- 9
- All-through
- 2
- Special
- 2
- Not recorded
- 2
Top primary schools in Bracknell Forest
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.King's Academy OakwoodBracknell Forest · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 2.Crowthorne Church of England Primary SchoolBracknell Forest · Primary9.0/10
- 3.St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, BracknellBracknell Forest · Primary8.5/10Good
- 4.Cranbourne Primary SchoolBracknell Forest · Primary8.2/10
- 5.Wildmoor Heath SchoolBracknell Forest · Primary7.9/10Good
- 6.Whitegrove Primary SchoolBracknell Forest · Primary7.5/10Good
- 7.Binfield Church of England Primary SchoolBracknell Forest · Primary7.4/10Good
- 8.St Michael's Easthampstead Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolBracknell Forest · Primary6.9/10
- 9.Great Hollands Primary SchoolBracknell Forest · Primary6.7/10Good
- 10.New Scotland Hill Primary SchoolBracknell Forest · Primary6.7/10Good
- 11.Ascot Heath Primary SchoolBracknell Forest · Primary6.2/10Good
- 12.Jennett's Park CofE Primary SchoolBracknell Forest · Primary6.2/10Good
- 13.Birch Hill Primary School and NurseryBracknell Forest · Primary5.5/10Good
- 14.College Town Primary SchoolBracknell Forest · Primary5.5/10Good
- 15.King's Academy Meadow ValeBracknell Forest · Primary5.5/10Good
- 16.St Michael's Church of England Primary School, SandhurstBracknell Forest · Primary5.5/10Good
- 17.Uplands Primary School and NurseryBracknell Forest · Primary5.5/10Good
- 18.Crown Wood Primary SchoolBracknell Forest · Primary3.7/10Good
- 19.Warfield Church of England Primary SchoolBracknell Forest · Primary3.3/10Good
- 20.Fox Hill Primary SchoolBracknell Forest · Primary3.2/10Good
Top secondary schools in Bracknell Forest
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Edgbarrow SchoolBracknell Forest · Secondary9.7/10Outstanding
- 2.Ranelagh SchoolBracknell Forest · Secondary8.3/10
- 3.King's Academy BinfieldBracknell Forest · Secondary7.1/10Good
- 4.Sandhurst SchoolBracknell Forest · Secondary6.2/10Good
- 5.The Brakenhale SchoolBracknell Forest · Secondary3.8/10Good
- 6.Garth Hill CollegeBracknell Forest · Secondary3.4/10Good
- 7.King's Academy Easthampstead ParkBracknell Forest · Secondary2.9/10Good
Browse all 45 schools in Bracknell Forest — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.
About schools in Bracknell Forest
- How many schools are there in Bracknell Forest?
- Bracknell Forest has 45 open schools — 30 primary, 9 secondary, 2 special, teaching 22,062 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Bracknell Forest are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 33 of the 33 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 100% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 3 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 45: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Bracknell Forest?
- 5.6 out of 10, averaged across the 37 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Bracknell Forest schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 12 schools in Bracknell Forest currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Bracknell Forest local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Bracknell Forest covers 45 schools and sits in the South East region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Bracknell Forest are eligible for free school meals?
- 13.5% — 2,552 of 18,944 pupils at the 38 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the South East region.