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Brookfield Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–7 · Community school
Swallow Road, Larkfield, Aylesford ME20 6PY · flourish-federation.secure-primarysite.net · 01732 840955
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2023
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 180
- At capacity · 180 places
- Local authority
- Kent
- Free school meals
- 23.3%
- First language not English
- 3.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 52 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 60 | 52 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 56 | 54 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 52 | 49 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 76 | 1.3▲ | 78% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 91 | 1.5▲ | 65% |
Ofsted
Brookfield Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 19 April 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 19 Apr 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Mar 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2022Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2016Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Feb 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (48 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 48
- 27% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 56% who raised concerns
based on the 15% who had a child bullied