Brookfields Primary School

Brookfields Primary School has been recognized for its strong overall performance, achieving a 'Good' rating in various aspects including the quality of education, behavior, and leadership. The school fosters a nurturing and inclusive environment where pupils feel cared for and are encouraged to work hard. Leaders have established high expectations for student achievement, resulting in many pupils, including those with special educational needs, achieving well. Parents are overwhelmingly positive, highlighting staff support and the school's focus on pupil well-being.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and supported by caring staff.
• High expectations for pupil achievement and behavior.
• Well-structured curriculum that builds knowledge progressively.
• Strong emphasis on reading with effective phonics training.
• Pupils are polite, welcoming, and show pride in their school.
• Teachers use effective questioning to check understanding.
• Inclusive support for pupils with SEND and those new to English.
• Positive relationships and high behavior standards throughout the school.

Areas for Improvement

• Some teachers do not deliver the curriculum as effectively as intended.
• Attendance issues with too many pupils missing school regularly.
• Outdoor learning environment in early years needs improvement.

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 Brookfields Primary School attended 96.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.4% 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, 0.8% of pupils at Brookfields 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 Brookfields Primary School had 18.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.0% 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, 9.5% of pupils at Brookfields Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.3% 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 Brookfields Primary School received £7,679 and spent £6,953 for each of its 392 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £520,000 (£1,328 per pupil).

Across all 4 schools of Create Partnership Trust, income was £7,121 and spending £6,598 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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Brookfields Primary School is part of Create Partnership Trust, which runs 4 schools. The nearest others:

• Conway Primary School Birmingham
• Greet Primary School Birmingham
• Hodge Hill Primary School Birmingham

What is Brookfields Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Brookfields Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Brookfields Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Brookfields Primary School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Brookfields Primary School have?

Brookfields Primary School has 391 pupils on roll.

What age range does Brookfields Primary School cover?

Brookfields Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Brookfields Primary School?

Brookfields Primary School is at 2 Hingeston Street, Hockley, Birmingham, B18 6PU.