Brookfield Community Primary School

Brookfield Community Primary School is performing well overall, maintaining a good standard in various aspects of education. Pupils enjoy attending school and feel safe, supported by staff who are attentive to their needs and concerns. The school emphasizes high expectations for behavior, leading to a positive learning environment that allows students to focus on their education. There is a comprehensive curriculum tailored to meet the needs of all pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), which supports their academic achievement well. However, the school does have areas that require attention, particularly in ensuring consistent attendance among some pupils to fully benefit from the school's offerings.

Strengths

• Pupils and children enjoy coming to school.
• Staff maintain high expectations of pupil behavior.
• Leaders have designed an ambitious curriculum for all students.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND.
• Strong emphasis on developing reading skills.
• Pupils engage actively in clubs and wider development opportunities.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils do not attend school regularly enough, impacting their learning.
• In a few subjects, key knowledge to be taught has not been clearly identified.

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 Brookfield Community Primary School attended 94.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.3% 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, 5.5% of pupils at Brookfield Community 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 Brookfield Community Primary School had 24.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.2% 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, 18.4% of pupils at Brookfield Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.1% 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 Brookfield Community Primary School received £8,179 and spent £7,856 for each of its 196 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £121,000 (£619 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 Brookfield Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Brookfield Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Brookfield Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Brookfield Community Primary School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Brookfield Community Primary School have?

Brookfield Community Primary School has 196 pupils on roll.

What age range does Brookfield Community Primary School cover?

Brookfield Community Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 76% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Brookfield Community Primary School?

Brookfield Community Primary School is at Watling Street Road, Preston, Lancashire, PR2 6TU.