Brookhouse Primary School

Brookhouse Primary School continues to maintain its status as a good school, with a focus on high expectations for both academic achievement and behavior. The school fosters a strong sense of security and belonging among pupils, who feel happy and safe in their learning environment. Leaders are dedicated to refining the curriculum to enhance pupil learning across all subjects, ensuring that all pupils, including those with special educational needs, are well-supported. Parents express satisfaction with their children's experiences, highlighting the positive school atmosphere and various enriching activities. Despite the strengths observed, there are areas for improvement, particularly concerning the consistency of assessment strategies among teachers and the level of challenge provided by the governing body in holding leaders accountable for educational quality. The school is currently addressing these concerns to further improve its educational offering and maintain its good performance.

Strengths

• High expectations for academic achievement and behavior.
• Strong sense of security and belonging among pupils.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs.
• Engaging curriculum that fosters enjoyment and good learning outcomes.
• Well-trained staff in phonics, contributing to strong reading skills.
• Positive relationships between staff and pupils, creating a supportive atmosphere.
• Variety of extracurricular activities that enrich pupil experiences.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent assessment strategies in some subjects.
• Governors do not always provide sufficient challenge regarding educational quality.

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 Brookhouse Primary School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.7% 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 Brookhouse 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 Brookhouse Primary School had 22.8 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, 21.5% of pupils at Brookhouse Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.5% 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 Brookhouse Primary School received £8,093 and spent £8,506 for each of its 228 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £28,000 (£124 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 Brookhouse Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Brookhouse Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was Brookhouse Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Brookhouse Primary School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Brookhouse Primary School have?

Brookhouse Primary School has 247 pupils on roll.

What age range does Brookhouse Primary School cover?

Brookhouse Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Brookhouse Primary School?

Brookhouse Primary School is at Troy Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 6NY.