Brookfield Community School, Southampton

In its own words: "Happiness, success and achievement; to be the best that they can be - these are all things that we want for our children. At Brookfield we know that we can offer your child the strong foundations of support and challenge that success and achievement are built on."

From the headteacher's welcome: "Brookfield is a lovely school with a priority to ensure our students are happy and successful. We have a broad and diverse curriculum, taught by excellent teachers, that delivers great results underpinned by comprehensive support when students need a helping hand."

On phones, the school says: "Mobile Phones To support a calm, focused and positive learning environment, mobile phones must not be used or visible anywhere on the school site from the time students arrive until 4.00pm, including during breaktimes, lunchtimes and co-curricular activities."

In 2026, pupils at Brookfield Community School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 50.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.6 in Hampshire and 47 across England.

54% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Hampshire and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 50.8.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.4: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 32.1, against 52.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 20.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 30 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 426 families put Brookfield Community School as their first choice and 618 named it as one of their preferences, for 385 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 45 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Brookfield Community School are The Hamble School (1.9 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 48.1); The Henry Cort Community College (2.8 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 39.5); Oasis Academy Mayfield (3.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 38.3); and Weston Secondary School (3.6 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 30.3).

Brookfield Community School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

422 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Brookfield Community School (as of September 2025): 82% would recommend the school, 83% say their child is happy there and 59% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they are kept well informed about progress (86%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (59%).

Of the 358 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 92% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 26% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

13.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 4.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 211 pupils (11.4%) received SEN support and 45 (2.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

The nearest railway station is Swanwick Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Barnbrook Road (sw-bound), 380 metres away.

In 2024/25, Brookfield Community School issued 561 suspensions, 31.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Brookfield Community School are Sarisbury Infant School (0.2 miles), Sarisbury Church of England Junior School (0.5 miles), Park Gate Primary School (0.8 miles) and Locks Heath Junior School (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.