Brookside Community Primary School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Primary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Nov 2 2023 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 3 - 11 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- Funding
- State-funded primary
- Admissions policy
- Not applicable
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Unique reference
- 136848
- Address
- Brooks Road, BA16 0PR
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 550 (93% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 49.6%
- Girls
- 50.4%
- First language not English
- 4.2%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 14.4%
- Persistent absence
- 16.0%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 6.5%
White British 81.8%
Unclassified 6.7%
Mixed 4.4%
Other White 2.9%
Bangladeshi 1.1%
Other Asian 0.9%
African 0.9%
Chinese 0.7%
Indian 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Exam Results
Primary Results
Progress score in reading, writing and maths
ReadingAverage-0.6
WritingAverage-0.5
MathsAverage-1.4
Pupils meeting EXPECTED standard in reading, writing and maths
School 58%
Local authority average 56%
England average 61%
Pupils achieving at a HIGHER standard in reading, writing and maths
School 9%
Local authority average 7%
England average 8%
Average score in reading
School 107
Local authority average 105
England average 105
Average score in maths
School 105
Local authority average 103
England average 104
Local authority average: Year 2023-2024
National average: Year 2023-2024
Admissions
Brookside Community Primary School
- Admission Policy
- n/a
- Total available places
- 59
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 60
- 2nd preference
- 13
- 3rd preference
- 12
- From another Local Authority
- 0
Offers
- 1st preference
- 59
- 2nd preference
- 0
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 23.6 |
| Average size of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher | 28.7 |
| Average size of key stage 2 classes taught by one teacher | 30.9 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Nursery Year 1, Part-time | 10 5 5 |
| Nursery Year 1, Full-time | 3 3 0 |
| Nursery Year 2, Part-time | 63 37 26 |
| Nursery Year 2, Full-time | 3 0 3 |
| Reception, Full-time | 58 28 30 |
| Year 1 | 64 33 31 |
| Year 2 | 65 31 34 |
| Year 3 | 72 35 37 |
| Year 4 | 70 28 42 |
| Year 5 | 73 41 32 |
| Year 6 | 69 32 37 |