Brookfield Community School

Brookfield Community School has shown significant improvement since its last inspection, moving from a grade of 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Pupils enjoy attending the school and report positive relationships with staff, who are committed to their success. The school promotes a calm and respectful environment, contributing to good behavior and a strong sense of safety. Leadership has high expectations for both students and staff, ensuring a supportive atmosphere for learning, particularly for students with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The curriculum is ambitious and well-sequenced, allowing pupils to build on their prior knowledge effectively.

Strengths

• Positive relationships between staff and pupils.
• High expectations for pupil achievement.
• Well-sequenced and ambitious curriculum.
• Strong subject knowledge among teachers.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND.
• Proficient approach to promoting reading.
• High level of extracurricular opportunities.
• Effective safeguarding arrangements.

Areas for Improvement

• Teachers do not always explain new content in sufficient depth.
• Inconsistencies in some areas due to lack of precise review of leadership actions.

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 School attended 92.0% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 18.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

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, 2.7% of pupils at Brookfield Community School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 2 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 School had 17.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

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, 13.4% of pupils at Brookfield Community School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

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 secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Brookfield Community School received £7,006 and spent £7,084 for each of its 1,170 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £79,000 (£67 per pupil).

Across all 19 schools of Redhill Academy Trust, income was £7,880 and spending £7,947 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Chesterfield · Derbyshire local authority: places and applications

Brookfield Community School is part of Redhill Academy Trust, which runs 21 schools. The nearest others:

• Hunloke Park Primary School Chesterfield
• Tupton Primary and Nursery Academy Chesterfield
• Tupton Hall School Chesterfield
• Arkwright Primary School Chesterfield
• North Wingfield Primary and Nursery Academy
• Duckmanton Primary School Chesterfield
• Palterton Primary School Chesterfield
• The Bolsover School Chesterfield
• Scarcliffe Primary School Chesterfield
• Farmilo Primary School and Nursery Mansfield

What is Brookfield Community School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Brookfield Community School last inspected by Ofsted?

Brookfield Community School was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does Brookfield Community School have?

Brookfield Community School has 1,156 pupils on roll.

What age range does Brookfield Community School cover?

Brookfield Community School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Brookfield Community School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 52.0, and 56% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Brookfield Community School?

Brookfield Community School is at Chatsworth Road, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S40 3NS.