Brookfields Special School
Sage Road, Tilehurst, Reading, RG31 6SW
This school is closed (it closed in February 2025).
It was replaced by Brookfields School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 3 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Catherine Bernie
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 218
- Pupils on roll
- 222
- URN
- 110186
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
About this school
Brookfields Special School was a community special school in Reading. It taught children aged 3 to 19 and had 222 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Brookfields Special School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 14 | 18 | 18 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -6.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -6.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.70 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 18 | 16 | 22 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Brookfields Special School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | West Berkshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 54% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 54.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 55.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 238 |
| 2023/24 | 229 |
| 2024/25 | 222 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 37.7%
- English as an additional language
- 16.7%
- Overall absence
- 8.13%
- Persistent absence
- 18.33%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Brookfields School0.0 miles
Academies · Reading
-
Thames Valley School1.7 miles
Free Schools · Reading
-
The Avenue Special School1.7 miles
Academies · Reading
-
Cranbury College2.5 miles
Academies · Reading
-
The Holy Brook School2.5 miles
Special schools · Reading
Other schools in Reading
- Addington School Academies
- Aurora Rowan School Special schools
- Bishopswood School Academies
- Brookfields School Academies
- Cranbury College Academies
- Cressex Lodge School Special schools
- Groveside School Special schools
- Hamilton School Academies
- Haywards Farm School Special schools
- Riseley Green School Special schools
- Thames Valley School Free Schools
- The Avenue Special School Academies
Common questions
- What ages does Brookfields Special School teach?
- Brookfields Special School taught children aged 3 to 19. It was a special school in Reading.
- Has Brookfields Special School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Brookfields Special School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Brookfields Special School?
- Brookfields Special School had 222 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 19.
- How have Brookfields Special School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Brookfields Special School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Brookfields Special School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 7 July 2025.