Brookfield Community School
Secondary · Community school · Mixed · Hampshire
Brook Lane, Southampton, SO31 7DU
77
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 11/03/2025
Application demand
91%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
91.8%
20.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,854
Capacity used
Over capacity103%
1,800 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
91%
1st preference success rate
408 of 450 families who put it first got an offer
411
Places offered
581
Total applications
1.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 450 | 408 | ● 91% |
| 2nd preference | 81 | 3 | ● 4% |
| 3rd preference | 50 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 581 | 411 | 71% |
1st preference success by year
Hampshire lets families list 3 preferences. 7 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Stuart Parkes
- Address
- Brook Lane, Sarisbury Green, Southampton, SO31 7DU
- Phone
- 01489576335
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Ward / constituency
- Locks Heath · Hamble Valley
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 116419
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 13% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 4% | — | — |
| SEN support | 11% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,854 pupils · 1,800 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
11 March 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessPersonal development Outstanding Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good - 19
02 October 2019
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,847 pupils
Attendance
91.8%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.2%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
20.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.8%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 53.6 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.40 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 62% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 80% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.61 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 50.8 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 53.9% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 74.9% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 29.1% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 358 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 356 | 31% | 66% | 83% | |
| English Language | 354 | 15% | 55% | 75% | |
| English Literature | 351 | 15% | 64% | 81% | |
| Combined Science | 277 | 14% | 43% | 67% | |
| History | 164 | 19% | 51% | 66% | |
| Geography | 134 | 28% | 68% | 84% | |
| Art and Design | 93 | 28% | 68% | 84% | |
| Spanish | 83 | 35% | 72% | 92% | |
| Biology | 76 | 28% | 75% | 95% | |
| Physics | 76 | 34% | 80% | 96% | |
| Chemistry | 76 | 24% | 76% | 91% | |
| Design & Technology | 75 | 29% | 63% | 80% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Hampshire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.