Aurora Brooklands School, Leyland
Aurora Brooklands School is a special school for pupils aged 9 to 16 in Leyland. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in July 2025.
- Ofsted
- Good (2025)
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Aurora Brooklands School in detail
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other special schools to Aurora Brooklands School are Roselyn House School (2.7 miles, Good); The Ribble Autism School (2.9 miles, Good); Applebee Wood School (3 miles); and Bridgeway School (3.7 miles, Outstanding).
Roselyn House SchoolThe Ribble Autism SchoolApplebee Wood SchoolBridgeway School
Who goes there
Almost every pupil at Aurora Brooklands School has an education, health and care plan (67 of 67 in 2026).
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Leyland Rail Station, about 2.2 miles away in a straight line.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Longmeanygate (opposite), 210 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Aurora Brooklands School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
In August 2026, police recorded 46 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Lancashire (109).
Sources: DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 1 year agoOverall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Safeguarding: effective
Independent school standards
Met all the independent school standards.
- Part 1: quality of educationMet
- Part 2: pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural developmentMet
- Part 3: welfare, health and safetyMet
- Part 4: suitability of staff and proprietorsMet
- Part 5: premises and accommodationMet
- Part 6: information for parentsMet
- Part 7: handling of complaintsMet
- Part 8: leadership and managementMet
Source: Ofsted, non-association independent schools inspections and outcomes (Open Government Licence)
Ofsted Insights
From Ofsted's July 2025 inspection report.
What This School Does Well
Aurora Brooklands excels at helping pupils who have had disrupted education rebuild their confidence and develop positive attitudes to learning. The school creates a caring environment where pupils feel unconditionally accepted, and staff take time to understand individual needs. Pupils achieve well across academic and vocational qualifications and leave as respectful, confident young people ready for life beyond school.
Key Strengths
- Pupils feel safe, valued and accepted with strong staff-pupil relationships
- Tailored curriculum that rebuilds pupil confidence and leads to good achievement in academic and vocational qualifications
- Effective behaviour management underpinned by unconditional acceptance and understanding of pupils' emotional needs
- Wide range of enrichment activities including residential visits, clubs and themed events
- Strong safeguarding arrangements and effective systems to support attendance
Areas for Improvement
- Not all staff have the expertise to teach early reading phonics effectively, causing variation in pupil progress
- Inconsistent identification and addressing of gaps in pupils' knowledge
- Occasional deviation from curriculum plans that hinders learning
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective with leaders creating an open, positive culture that puts pupils' interests first.
Extracurricular Activities
Aurora winter and summer games residential visits, music week, neurodiversity week, lunchtime clubs based on games and sports, student leader roles, peer mentor roles, work experience
Aurora Brooklands School is a special school for pupils aged 9-16 with social, emotional or mental health needs. The school has improved significantly since its previous inspection and is now rated Good across all areas.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby schools
Keep up with Aurora Brooklands School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 2 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
2 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Lancashire is 12 (the median across 707 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
84%
Available places
67 pupils
80 places
13 spare places
as recorded on GIAS
Area Demand Pressure - Leyland
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Leyland
Across Lancashire council
Places available
14,702
Applications
13,782
Got 1st preference
87.1%
Got preferred school
97.2%
All secondary applications across Lancashire council (2026/27), not just this school.
Inspection History(8)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
0
SEN Support
67
EHC Plans
100.0%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Aurora Brooklands School is not approved under Section 41 of the Children and Families Act 2014.
Source: GIAS, Department for Education.
Pupils by Need Type
No need-level breakdown available
Pupil Demographics
Key Indicators
67
Total Pupils
48
Boys
19
Girls
2026 academic year
Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Questions parents ask about Aurora Brooklands School
What are GCSE results like at Aurora Brooklands School?
The Department for Education's GCSE measures do not count IGCSEs, which many independent schools take instead of GCSEs, so the Attainment 8 and English and maths figures it publishes for Aurora Brooklands School can understate its results. We do not rank or compare them; ask the school for its own GCSE and IGCSE results.
What is Aurora Brooklands School's Ofsted rating?
Aurora Brooklands School was rated Good at its most recent Ofsted inspection in July 2025.
Does Aurora Brooklands School meet the independent school standards?
At its most recent standard inspection, in July 2025, Aurora Brooklands School met all the independent school standards.
How many pupils go to Aurora Brooklands School?
Aurora Brooklands School has around 67 pupils on roll.
Does Aurora Brooklands School have specialist SEN provision?
Aurora Brooklands School is not approved under Section 41 of the Children and Families Act 2014.
How do I apply to Aurora Brooklands School?
Aurora Brooklands School is an independent school and runs its own admissions rather than going through the local authority. Contact the school directly for entry requirements, assessment dates, fees and any bursaries.
How many road collisions happen near Aurora Brooklands School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 2 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 2 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Lancashire is 12 (the median across 707 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Aurora Brooklands School?
Aurora Brooklands School is at 159 Longmeanygate, Midge Hall, Leyland, Lancashire, PR26 7TB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)