The Brookfield School
Grandstand Road, Hereford, HR4 9NG
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 7 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- MERCIAN EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Michelle Parkes
- Sponsor
- Mercian Educational Trust
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 126
- Pupils on roll
- 117
- URN
- 149855
- Local authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01432265153
About this school
The Brookfield School is a special academy in Hereford. It teaches children aged 7 to 16 and has 117 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
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
This inspection took place when the school was registered as The Brookfield School (URN 141487).
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 14 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 14% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 7% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 94.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 87.0 |
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 14 |
| Attainment 8 score | 9.0 |
| Progress 8 score | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.5 |
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 The Brookfield 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 19.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 16.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 71%
- English as an additional language
- 3%
- Overall absence
- 16.63%
- Persistent absence
- 47.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Pathway Schools Limited0.5 miles
Special schools · Hereford
-
G.E.M Hereford0.5 miles
Special schools · Hereford
-
Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service0.9 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Hereford
-
Barrs Court School1.0 miles
Academies · Hereford
-
Royal National College for the Blind1.0 miles
Other types · Hereford
Other schools in Hereford
- Barrs Court School Academies
- Blackmarston School Academies
- Compass Community School Hereford Special schools
- G.E.M Hereford Special schools
- Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service Local authority maintained schools
- Pathway Schools Limited Special schools
- Pathway Schools Limited Special schools
- Royal National College for the Blind Other types
- The Beacon College Free Schools
- Almeley Primary School Primary
- Broadlands Primary School Primary
- Burghill Community Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Brookfield School teach?
- The Brookfield School teaches children aged 7 to 16. It is a special school in Hereford.
- Who is the headteacher of The Brookfield School?
- The headteacher of The Brookfield School is Mrs Michelle Parkes, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Brookfield School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Brookfield 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 The Brookfield School?
- The Brookfield School has 117 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 16.
- Is The Brookfield School full?
- The Brookfield School has capacity for 126 pupils and 117 on roll (93%), 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 The Brookfield School a faith school?
- No. The Brookfield School has no designated religious character.
- Who runs The Brookfield School?
- The Brookfield School is part of MERCIAN EDUCATIONAL TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What is The Brookfield School's absence rate?
- The Brookfield School's overall absence rate is 16.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Brookfield School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Brookfield 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 6 July 2026.