Brookfield Community School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 2 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Hampshire
Unique reference
116419
Address
Brook Lane, Sarisbury Green, SO31 7DU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1814 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
50.6%
Girls
49.4%
First language not English
3.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
11.2%
Persistent absence
23.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 88.1%
Mixed 4%
Other White 3%
Chinese 1%
Unclassified 0.9%
African 0.7%
Indian 0.6%
Pakistani 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.2
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 26%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 58%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.5
Local authority average 45.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.35
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award59
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)18
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE32
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE14
BiologyGCSE57
Business Studies:SingleGCSE65
ChemistryGCSE54
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE84
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE35
Design & TechnologyGCSE79
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Brookfield Community School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
347
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
356
2nd preference
82
3rd preference
60
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
340
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
383
180
203
Year 8
357
184
173
Year 9
357
182
175
Year 10
360
196
164
Year 11
357
176
181
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
86.2%
86.5%
Further education
24.0%
38.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
2.0%
7.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
62.0%
39.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
5.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022