Community special school

Brookfield School

Mixed · ages 11–16Lancashire, North West · Poulton-le-Fylde FY6 7HESchool website
Pupils on roll
93of 97 places
Free school meals
53.8%
Year 11 cohort 2025
20
Ofsted
Report card, 16 June 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Expected standardAttendance and behaviour Expected standardPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
What the data says

Of the 18 pupils who finished Year 11 at Brookfield School in 2023, 6% moved to a sixth form college, 39% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

11% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and 11% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Brookfield School is a special school: its GCSE figures (Attainment 8 of 4.1, 0% with grade 5 or above in English and maths) are published by DfE for completeness and are not comparable with mainstream schools.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Lancashire and England.

Brookfield School
Lancashire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureBrookfield SchoolLancashireEngland
Pupils in the cohort1813,296607,348
Any sustained destination72%90%92%
Stayed in education61%81%86%
— school sixth form0%12%34%
— sixth form college6%20%13%
— further education college39%48%37%
— other education17%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%5%3%
Employment11%4%3%
No sustained destination11%7%6%
Destination unknown17%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureBrookfield SchoolLancashireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)4.145.146.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%44%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths5%64%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%34%41%
EBacc average point score0.243.954.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort80%26%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils32.734.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils49.350.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language0%12%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language1260%89%0%20%8%
Mathematics1260%88%0%22%8%
History525%41%26%
Fine Art15%9%28%

Other secondary schools in Lancashire

Academy@Worden

Academy converter · 660 pupils

74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.2

Accrington Academy

Academy sponsor led · 953 pupils

79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.4

Albany Academy

Academy converter · 725 pupils

76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.7

Alder Grange School

Community school · sixth form · 899 pupils

82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.0

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.