Brockhurst Primary School

Brockhurst Primary School is performing well across all inspected areas. It has an ambitious and inclusive culture, with a clear focus on raising aspirations and supporting pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Pupils are enthusiastic learners, behave well and say they feel safe. The school’s values and motto underpin daily life, and pupils take pride in leadership roles and community contributions. A new leadership team has introduced and monitored changes to the curriculum and behaviour policy. The curriculum has been refined for mixed-age classes, with English, mathematics and reading prioritised. Early reading and phonics support are particular strengths, including extra practice for pupils with SEND. The new behaviour approach has reduced suspensions and helped create a calm, respectful environment. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and the headteacher and assistant headteachers are relatively new in post. The main areas for improvement are communication about recent policy changes and embedding curriculum developments in a few subjects. Some parents and staff do not yet fully understand the school’s procedures, particularly around behaviour management. In a small number of curriculum areas, pupils do not consistently build the intended knowledge, which limits how deeply they learn. Leaders should continue to communicate changes effectively and further embed curriculum improvements so all pupils develop the knowledge and skills they need for future learning.

Strengths

• Ambitious and inclusive school culture with high aspirations for pupils.
• Strong support for pupils with SEND develops resilience and independence.
• Pupils are enthusiastic learners who behave well and feel safe.
• Well-sequenced curriculum with a clear focus on English and mathematics.
• Effective early reading and phonics support, including extra practice for pupils with SEND.
• New behaviour policy has reduced suspensions and improved behaviour.
• Strong pastoral support and focus on pupils’ physical and mental health.
• Pupils take on leadership roles and contribute to the school community.
• Effective safeguarding arrangements.
• Leadership has rigorously monitored new systems and planned training well.

Areas for Improvement

• Recent policy changes are not fully understood by all parents and staff, so procedures are not always robustly understood.
• In a few curriculum areas, pupils do not consistently build the intended knowledge, limiting depth of learning.
• Curriculum changes in some subjects need further embedding to support pupils’ future learning.

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 Brockhurst Primary School attended 93.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.2% 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, 3.6% of pupils at Brockhurst Primary 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 Brockhurst Primary School had 20.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 33.7% 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, 11.7% of pupils at Brockhurst Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.7% 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 Brockhurst Primary School received £8,983 and spent £8,415 for each of its 265 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £210,000 (-£793 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 Brockhurst Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Brockhurst Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2025.

When was Brockhurst Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Brockhurst Primary School was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does Brockhurst Primary School have?

Brockhurst Primary School has 265 pupils on roll.

What age range does Brockhurst Primary School cover?

Brockhurst Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Brockhurst Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 42% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Brockhurst Primary School?

Brockhurst Primary School is at Avery Lane, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 4SL.