Brisbane Park Infant School

Brisbane Park Infant School is performing well overall, with its quality of education, behavior and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision all graded as good. The school has created a supportive environment where pupils build self-belief and develop positive relationships with staff. There is a strong emphasis on providing a nurturing setting, particularly for those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), enabling all students to thrive academically and socially. This inspection marks the school's first routine evaluation since the COVID-19 pandemic, acknowledging the impacts of the pandemic in its judgements.

Strengths

• Pupils develop positive relationships with caring staff.
• High expectations of pupil behavior are established early.
• Strong support for pupils with SEND helps them progress well.
• Ambitious curriculum with clear learning objectives in key stage 1.
• Effective phonics program results in many fluent readers by the end of key stage 1.
• Pupils engage in community activities that foster empathy and social contribution.
• Governors provide effective support and challenge for school improvement.

Areas for Improvement

• Some areas of the early years curriculum lack sufficient detail, hindering preparation for Year 1.
• In a few subjects, activities do not deepen or build on pupils' existing knowledge.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Brisbane Park Infant School attended 94.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 21.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Brisbane Park Infant School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Brisbane Park Infant School had 13.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 12.6% of pupils at Brisbane Park Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 16.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Brisbane Park Infant School received £10,750 and spent £10,929 for each of its 95 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £23,000 (-£247 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Brisbane Park Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Brisbane Park Infant School is Good, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was Brisbane Park Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Brisbane Park Infant School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Brisbane Park Infant School have?

Brisbane Park Infant School has 95 pupils on roll.

What age range does Brisbane Park Infant School cover?

Brisbane Park Infant School for pupils aged 4 to 7.

Where is Brisbane Park Infant School?

Brisbane Park Infant School is at Blake Street, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA14 1NY.