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Brookfield School

Special / other · Poulton-le-Fylde · FY6 7HE

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 22 March 2022

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At a glance

93 pupils · 96% of 97 capacity

School type
Community special school
Age range
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
53.8% of pupils
English as additional language
1.2% of pupils
SEN support
0% of pupils
EHC plan
100% of pupils
Website
www.brookfieldschool.co.uk
URN
119895

GCSE results (2024/2025)

20 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
4.1
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
5%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
0%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
0.2
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
24.3%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
56.4%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
6.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£39,080
Typical special / other school£29,008

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
72%
Continuing in education
61%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
11%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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