Brook View School, Preston
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 1 year agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Brook View School excels at creating a caring environment where pupils feel safe and settled. Staff have a deep understanding of each pupil's individual needs and use this to deliver a broad, rich curriculum tailored to how each child learns best. The school places strong emphasis on communication and helping pupils express their feelings and choices, while building their confidence and independence over time.
Key Strengths
- Staff build strong, nurturing relationships with pupils and understand their individual needs, personalities and preferences very well
- Teachers use effective methods to check pupils' understanding and build learning on what pupils already know
- The school is rigorous about ensuring pupils attend regularly, with unauthorised absences being rare
- Communication and language development is central to the curriculum with planned repetition to help pupils understand functional language
- Personal, social, health and economic education is woven throughout all learning, including effective relationships education
Areas for Improvement
- Some aspects of the curriculum lack clear goals and milestones, which means staff don't always have enough guidance to fully adapt learning to help pupils achieve their best outcomes
- The careers education, information and guidance programme is at an early stage - pupils need more opportunities to develop wider life skills and independence for their future
- While pupils take part in some community activities, they need broader experiences to prepare them better for life in modern Britain
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective, with robust policies meeting current statutory requirements and regular health and safety checks in place.
Extracurricular Activities
Trips to local fire station, mosaic making, outdoor cooking, community visits
Brook View School is a specialist independent school for pupils aged 8-19 with autism and other complex needs. The school has been judged as Good overall, maintaining its previous rating, with a new leadership team focused on continued improvement.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
40%
Available places
10 pupils
25 capacity
15 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Preston
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Preston
Admissions Demand - Lancashire
Places available
14,786
Applications
13,820
Got 1st preference
86.3%
Got preferred school
96.8%
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