Brookfield Community Primary School

Community school·Primary school Preston, Lancashire·PR2 6TU
Composite score
49.4
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#7,474
National rank
#1034
In North West
#220
In Lancashire
Top 51%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
76%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
16 first choices, 23 places
First choices per place
0.70
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
42
any preference, for 23 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.27
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8620220.8820230.7620240.9620250.702026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Brookfield Community Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
199
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
41.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
25.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,725
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Brookfield Community Primary School at a glance

Located in Preston, Lancashire, Brookfield Community Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 199 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 76% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 36.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 110 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Brookfield Community Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 16 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.6%. There are about 20.1 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 41% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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