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Brookburn Community School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Brookburn Road, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester M21 8EH · brookburn.manchester.sch.uk · 0161 881 8880
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 87%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Manchester 58%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Manchester Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 427
- 90% of 476 places
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 6.6%
- First language not English
- 6.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Manchester Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 47 families put the school first and 47 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 | 47 | 47 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 54 | 52 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 55 | 54 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 57 | 57 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 60 | 1 | 98% |
Results
In 2024/25, 87% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 15% the higher standard. Across Manchester it was 58%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲87% | 62% | ||
| ▲15% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲112 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲112 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 105414)
Ofsted
Brookburn Community School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 28 February 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 28 Feb 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Nov 2011
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2011Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Mar 2007Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (136 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Replies
- 136
- 31% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 29% who had a child bullied
based on 26 parents (19%) with SEND