Brookfield Park Primary School
School Lane, Chapel House, Skelmersdale, WN8 8EH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah-Jane Whiteside
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- West Lancashire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 207
- Pupils on roll
- 153
- URN
- 134603
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01695724042
About this school
Brookfield Park Primary School is a community primary school in Skelmersdale. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 153 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 22 | 27 | 21 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 55% | 52% | 76% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 4% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 78% | 81% |
| Expected standard in maths | 64% | 67% | 86% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 73% | 63% | 81% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 102.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | 0.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.80 | - | - |
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.
Trends over time
How Brookfield Park Primary 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 | Lancashire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 55% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 76% | 58.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 169 |
| 2023/24 | 176 |
| 2024/25 | 152 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Brookfield Park Primary School compares
Brookfield Park Primary School ranked 75th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 80% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 76% | 8.2% | 42% | 153 | — |
| St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale | 54% | 6.1% | 24.1% | 230 | 0.3 miles |
| Trinity Church of England/Methodist School | 55% | 5.2% | 43.8% | 256 | 0.4 miles |
| Crow Orchard Primary School | 92% | 5.7% | 30.8% | 121 | 0.6 miles |
| St Edmund's Catholic Primary School | 38% | 11.6% | 66.7% | 82 | 0.7 miles |
| Cobbs Brow School | 74% | 5.8% | 26.4% | 308 | 1.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 42.03%
- English as an additional language
- 15.8%
- Overall absence
- 8.2%
- Persistent absence
- 19.69%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale0.3 miles
Primary · Skelmersdale
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Trinity Church of England/Methodist School0.4 miles
Primary · Skelmersdale
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Crow Orchard Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Skelmersdale
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St Edmund's Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Skelmersdale
-
Cobbs Brow School1.0 miles
Primary · Skelmersdale
Other schools in Skelmersdale
Brookfield Park Primary School ranks 4th of the 18 ranked primary schools in Skelmersdale.
- Bishop Martin Church of England Primary School Primary
- Cobbs Brow School Primary
- Crawford Village Primary School Primary
- Crow Orchard Primary School Primary
- Delph Side Community Primary School Primary
- Hillside Community Primary School Primary
- Holland Moor Primary School Primary
- Little Digmoor Primary School Primary
- Moorside Community Primary Academy School Primary
- St Edmund's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School Primary
- St James' Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Brookfield Park Primary School teach?
- Brookfield Park Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Skelmersdale.
- Who is the headteacher of Brookfield Park Primary School?
- The headteacher of Brookfield Park Primary School is Mrs Sarah-Jane Whiteside, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Brookfield Park Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Brookfield Park Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Brookfield Park Primary School?
- Brookfield Park Primary School has 153 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Brookfield Park Primary School full?
- Brookfield Park Primary School has capacity for 207 pupils and 153 on roll (74%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Brookfield Park Primary School a faith school?
- No. Brookfield Park Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Brookfield Park Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Brookfield Park Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Brookfield Park Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 55% in 2022/23 and 76% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Brookfield Park Primary School rank locally?
- Brookfield Park Primary School ranked 75th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 80% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Brookfield Park Primary School's absence rate?
- Brookfield Park Primary School's overall absence rate is 8.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Brookfield Park Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Brookfield Park Primary 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 1 July 2026.