Brookburn Community School

Brookburn Community School, part of the Link Learning Trust, has achieved a good overall effectiveness in its first inspection since becoming an academy. The school has successfully created a positive environment where pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are happy, well-behaved, and achieve well across various subjects. The leadership demonstrates a strong commitment to the academic and personal development of the pupils, fostering an engaging culture of learning and enthusiasm for various activities and experiences.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and enjoy their lessons.
• The school has high expectations for academic achievement.
• Reading is prioritized, with effective phonics support.
• The curriculum is broad and designed to build knowledge over time.
• Pupils develop a passion for learning through engaging experiences.
• Staff are supportive and valued, contributing to a positive school environment.
• The school prioritizes personal development and inclusivity.

Areas for Improvement

• In a few subjects, curriculum content needs refinement.
• Some teachers struggle with delivering new subject content effectively.

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 Brookburn Community School attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.0% 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, 0.2% of pupils at Brookburn Community 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 Brookburn Community School had 22.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.0% 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, 14.5% of pupils at Brookburn Community School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.0% 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 2024–25 Brookburn Community School received £7,035 and spent £6,800 for each of its 426 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £70,000 (£164 per pupil).

Across all 3 schools of Connect Alliance Trust, income was £6,892 and spending £6,774 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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Brookburn Community School is part of Connect Alliance Trust, which runs 5 schools. The nearest others:

• Barlow Hall Primary School Manchester
• Cavendish Primary School Manchester
• Northenden Community School Manchester
• Beaver Road Primary School Manchester

What is Brookburn Community School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Brookburn Community School is Good, from an inspection in April 2024.

When was Brookburn Community School last inspected by Ofsted?

Brookburn Community School was last inspected in April 2024.

How many pupils does Brookburn Community School have?

Brookburn Community School has 427 pupils on roll.

What age range does Brookburn Community School cover?

Brookburn Community School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 87% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Brookburn Community School?

Brookburn Community School is at Brookburn Road, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester, M21 8EH.