Brooke Primary Academy

Brooke Primary Academy has shown a commendable performance, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspected domains. Under the leadership of executive headteacher Sarah Hall, the school fosters a safe and welcoming environment where pupils feel respected and valued. Parents express satisfaction with their children's progress, emphasizing the effective support provided by teachers. Although the school has made notable strides in reading instruction and pupil behavior, there are areas needing improvement, particularly regarding assessment systems and the alignment of the early years curriculum with the subsequent years of education.

Strengths

• Strong leadership and management from the executive headteacher.
• Welcoming environment where pupils feel safe and happy.
• High expectations for all pupils leading to significant progress.
• Effective phonics programme supporting early reading.
• Positive pupil behavior with a strong understanding of school values.
• Wide range of extracurricular activities enhancing pupil development.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment processes do not accurately identify pupil strengths and areas for improvement.
• Early years curriculum is not effectively aligned with the curriculum in Year 1 and beyond.

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 Brooke Primary Academy attended 94.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.5% 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, 1.8% of pupils at Brooke Primary Academy 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 Brooke Primary Academy had 21.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.2% 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, 13.0% of pupils at Brooke Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 6 pupils.

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 Brooke Primary Academy received £6,574 and spent £7,386 for each of its 322 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £221,000 (£687 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of Venn Academy Trust, income was £11,101 and spending £11,467 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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Brooke Primary Academy is part of Venn Academy Trust, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

• Marshland Primary Academy Doncaster
• Adwick Primary School Doncaster
• New Pastures Primary School Mexborough
• Milton School Mexborough
• Newman School Rotherham
• Bridgeview Special School Kingston-Upon-Hull
• Thorpepark Academy Hull
• Griffin Primary School Hull
• Mountbatten Primary School Hull
• Brompton Hall School Scarborough

What is Brooke Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Brooke Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Brooke Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Brooke Primary Academy was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Brooke Primary Academy have?

Brooke Primary Academy has 369 pupils on roll.

What age range does Brooke Primary Academy cover?

Brooke Primary Academy for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Brooke Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Brooke Primary Academy?

Brooke Primary Academy is at Wike Gate Road, Thorne, Brooke Primary Academy, Wike Gate Road, Thorne, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN8 5PQ.