Brookburn Community School

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About Brookburn Community School


Name Brookburn Community School
Website https://brookburn.manchester.sch.uk/
Inspections
Ofsted Inspections
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Headteacher Ms Jayne Kennedy
Address Brookburn Road, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester, M21 8EH
Phone Number 01618818880
Phase Academy
Type Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religious Character Does not apply
Gender Mixed
Number of Pupils 448
Local Authority Manchester
Highlights from Latest Inspection
This inspection rating relates to a predecessor school. When a school converts to an academy, is taken over or closes and reopens as a new school a formal link is created between the new school and the old school, by the Department for Education. Where the new school has not yet been inspected, we show the inspection history of the predecessor school, as we believe it still has significance.

Main findings

Pupils flourish academically and socially in this outstanding school because they are happy, feel safe and receive excellent care, guidance and support. The very rich curriculum provides exciting and memorable experiences that successfully engage them in all aspects of school life. Behaviour is excellent and attendance is very high.

In their questionnaires, parents and carers say how very much their children enjoy school. Achievement is outstanding and attainment is well above average. Children make an excellent start in the Early Years Foundation Stage.

Teaching is of a consistently high standard throughout the school, 'Teachers make work fun', is a typical pupil comment. Carefully planned, ...imaginative tasks challenge pupils of all abilities, capture their enthusiasm and build on their positive attitudes. All groups of pupils progress well, and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities and pupils who speak English as an additional language make excellent progress in relation to their starting points and capabilities.

This is due to the very well-targeted, sensitive support they receive. Well above average reading skills support learning in all subjects. In Key Stage 2, very minor inconsistencies in progress in writing are rapidly reducing.

Effective strategies to engage boys in writing, such as the recent 'space' theme are rapidly and securely boosting attainment. Pupils' writing usually features interesting and lively vocabulary, but sometimes, errors in punctuation, sentence construction and variable handwriting detract from the overall quality. High quality assessment systems rigorously track the progress of every group of pupils and provide clear information from which staff set challenging individual targets that pupils strive to achieve.

Pupils 'self-assess' their work, and sometimes that of others. They know what to do to reach the next level. They say teachers' written comments are very helpful.

Higher attaining pupils and those who are gifted and talented are inspired to aim and attain even higher through additional challenges in the rich curriculum and activities in partnership with local schools. Leaders, managers, the governing body and staff form a strong team, dedicated to implementing and realising their vision for on-going improvement. Searching self-review procedures result in sharply focussed improvement plans; the school knows exactly what it needs to do to attain challenging goals.

Rigorously implemented strategies have successfully improved all aspects of provision and fully overcome issues for improvement identified in the previous inspection report. The school demonstrates an outstanding capacity for sustained improvement, and gives excellent value for money.

Information about the school

The school is much larger than most primary schools.

About two thirds of pupils are of White British heritage. Others are from different minority ethnic groups, the largest of which is Pakistani. A few pupils speak English as an additional language.

The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals is below average, as is the proportion of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities. The number of pupils with a statement of their special educational needs/and or disabilities is much lower than average. Since the last inspection, the school building has been substantially remodelled and extended, and the number of pupils has increased significantly.

The school holds Healthy School Gold status and has gained various other awards, including International Schools. A private provider, BOSH offers before and after school provision on the school site. This provision is inspected separately and receives a separate report which is available on the Ofsted website.

Inspection grades: 1 is outstanding, 2 is good, 3 is satisfactory and 4 is inadequate Please turn to the glossary for a description of the grades and inspection terms

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