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Brook Field Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 410 pupils Swindon
Ofsted: Good
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Brook Field Primary School is an academy converter in Swindon for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 410 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Brook Field Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2017 of its predecessor, Brook Field Primary School. In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: April 2025. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Cartwright Drive
Shaw
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN5 5SB
Phone 01793874582
Reference Number 147755

General Makeup

Number of pupils 410
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 44.63%
Girls: 55.37%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 9.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 15.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 29.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 28.5
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 29.9

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 30 26 56
2 31 26 57
3 22 38 60
4 22 38 60
5 28 32 60
6 27 32 59

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 74.4%
White, Other 7.3%
Indian 3.7%
Pakistani 3.7%
Asian, Other 3.7%
Mixed, Other 3.2%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.7%
African 0.7%
Chinese 0.5%
White & Asian 0.5%
White & Black (African) 0.5%
Unclassified 0.2%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Brook Field Primary School, inspected in May 2017.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 11 Mar 2025 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
11 Mar 2025 School inspection
05 May 2020 Academy conversion letter
16 May 2017 Short inspection
Previously as Brook Field Primary School
15 Jan 2014 Full inspection:
09 Jan 2012 Interim assessment
13 Jul 2010 Curriculum and development visit
11 Feb 2009 Full inspection:
13 Mar 2006 Full inspection:
06 Mar 2000 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 70%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 7%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 105
Maths 105

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 1
Writing 1.2
Maths 1.5

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 44 1
Third Preference 23 0
From another Local Authority 14 3

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Brook Field Primary School had 415 pupils for 420 places. 5 places (1.2%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “West Swindon Primary” planning area

Swindon counted 295 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 311 in 2029–30, up 5%.

20212022202320242025
Places 420420420420420
Pupils 417417413418415
Unfilled 0.7%0.7%1.7%0.5%1.2%

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 Brook Field Primary School attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20212022202320242025
Authorised absence 1.9%4.5%3.8%3.4%3.4%
Unauthorised absence 0.5%1.0%0.9%1.0%0.5%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.3%0.3%0.0%0.3%

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 Brook Field Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.20.00.00.00.0
Permanent exclusions 00000

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 Brook Field Primary School had 22.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 13.214.813.811.413.112.9
Teachers who left state teaching 16.9%2.6%0.0%11.3%5.4%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 17.6%76.5%19.0%54.5%43.5%–
Sick days per teacher 1.14.44.83.03.3–

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, 7.6% of pupils at Brook Field Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 13 2
No specialist assessment of need 9 0
Speech, language and communication needs 4 5
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 0
Specific learning difficulty 2 0
Hearing impairment 1 0
Moderate learning difficulty 0 1
Physical disability 0 1

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 Brook Field Primary School received £5,949 and spent £6,101 for each of its 413 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £101,000 (-£244 per pupil).

Across all 25 schools of The Blue Kite Academy Trust, income was £6,244 and spending £6,337 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

20212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £163,000£153,000£81,000£36,000-£101,000
per pupil £389£368£198£86-£244
In-year balance -£191,000£89,000-£75,000-£663,000-£63,000
per pupil -£456£214-£181-£1,595-£152

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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What is Brook Field Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Brook Field Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2017 of its predecessor, Brook Field Primary School.

When was Brook Field Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Brook Field Primary School was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does Brook Field Primary School have?

Brook Field Primary School has 410 pupils on roll.

What age range does Brook Field Primary School cover?

Brook Field Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Brook Field Primary School?

Brook Field Primary School is at Cartwright Drive, Shaw, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 5SB.

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