Brookfield Community School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · Southampton, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.04 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Brookfield Community School is a secondary school in Southampton, Hampshire for ages 11–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 March 2025. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Brookfield Community School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 2.04 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place for 2026 lived 2.04 miles away, the 18th shortest of 39 Hampshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and in 2019, though it swung sharply between some years.
- Year 7 2026 had 426 first-choice applications for 385 offers; 381 offers went to first-choice families, and 45 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 54% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 50.8 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hampshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Brook Lane, Sarisbury Green, Southampton, SO31 7DU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,854 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 March 2025
Strengths
- “The school’s expectations of being ready, respectful and responsible are firmly embedded across the school.”
- “The school has high expectations for pupils’ achievement, ensuring they are well supported.”
- “Pupils feel safe and they are safe.”
To improve
- “On occasion, some teachers do not use these strategies as effectively as they could to adapt the delivery of the curriculum.”
- “For a small number of pupils with SEND, this hinders how well they access and engage in their learning.”
- “However, these initiatives are not fully embedded.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 54% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 50.8 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 426 first-preference applications, 385 offers in total, 381 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hampshire.
- The Hamble School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Henry Cort Community College 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wildern School 3.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Deer Park School 4.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Fareham Academy 4.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Crofton School 4.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lift New Forest 5.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Cams Hill School 5.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published