Brookfields Primary School
General Information
- Address: 2 Hingeston Street, Hockley, Birmingham, B18 6PU – View on map
- Phone: 01216751897
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Bernadette O'Rourke
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 36 families put it first for 40 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 9
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 211
- % eligible for free school meals: 57.5%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (similar to the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 69% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 15.3% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 51% moved to another school, 49% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Birmingham: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 21 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 2
- Suspensions for bullying: 38 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 4 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Birmingham, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 3.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 8.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 9.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 20 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 56% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 2% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 9 percentage points below the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 52% against an expected 62%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 52%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 78% · Writing 74% · Maths 74% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 72%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 104
- Based on: 54 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 202nd of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =195St Marys C of E Primary and Nursery, Academy, Handsworth57%
- =202Anderton Park Primary School56%
- =202Brookfields Primary School56%
- =202Lyndon Green Junior School56%
- =202Paganel Primary School56%
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36th of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #34Bordesley Green Primary SchoolGood
- #35Bournville Village PrimaryGood
- #36Brookfields Primary SchoolGood
- #37Brookvale Primary SchoolGood
- #38Brownmead Primary AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,582 (2024-25)
180th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #178Lift Montgomery£6,636
- #179St James Catholic Primary School£6,614
- #180Brookfields Primary School£6,582
- #181Oasis Academy Boulton£6,562
- #182St Joseph's Catholic Primary School£6,548
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