Brookfield Park Primary School, Skelmersdale

Ofsted's report card from its 6 May 2026 inspection grades Brookfield Park Primary School on 7 areas: 2 expected standard, 2 needs attention and 3 urgent improvement. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders have established a well-thought-out curriculum in the early years."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have provided training to staff, which helps them support pupils' wellbeing."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Leaders have not acted swiftly enough to ensure that pupils attend school as often as they should."

Inclusion - Needs attention. "Leaders do not have high enough expectations for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) or disadvantaged pupils."

Achievement - Urgent improvement. "The published data for national tests and assessments indicates that Year 6 pupils attain as well as other pupils nationally in reading, writing and mathematics."

Curriculum and teaching - Urgent improvement. "Leaders do not have enough oversight of the curriculum or the way in which it is taught."

Leadership and governance - Urgent improvement. "Leaders have not prioritised the right issues or taken timely action to improve teaching and pupils' achievement across the school."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Those responsible for governance must ensure that there is sufficient capacity within leadership so that the weaknesses in provision are resolved effectively and swiftly"; "Leaders should ensure that they check the impact of their work to improve the school, including their oversight of curriculum delivery and the impact of the additional support that some pupils who face barriers to learning receive"; "Leaders and governors must urgently review the curriculum that pupils currently receive. They must ensure that pupils receive the minimum 32.5 hours of education each week, as directed by the Department for Education. They must ensure that teachers deliver the curriculum as intended so that pupils have their entitlement to a broad and balanced education that enables them to achieve well"; "Those with responsibility for governance must carry out their statutory duties and have oversight over the way leaders fulfil their role, including the use of part-time timetables for some pupils"; "Leaders must ensure that staff have consistently high expectations of all pupils. Staff should use the information that they hold to adapt their teaching so that pupils who face barriers to learning and/or wellbeing succeed and thrive"; "Leaders must ensure that teachers build on children's success in the early years, so that all pupils secure the basic skills of handwriting, number and early reading to be successful"; "Leaders should ensure that teachers are equipped to identify and then address misconceptions and errors in pupils' work"; "Leaders should strengthen the procedures to monitor pupils' absence from school and use this information to help pupils and their families to attend school more regularly".

From the headteacher's welcome: "I would like to wish you a warm welcome to our fantastic school. We are a school that is firmly rooted in our community, as such we feel that we know our families and children so well that the education we provide them is very much tailored to suit their needs and allows them to flourish."

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care.

In 2025, 81% of Year 6 pupils at Brookfield Park Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 86% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 74% in Lancashire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 78% in reading and 67% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 17 families put Brookfield Park Primary School as their first choice and 45 named it as one of their preferences, for 20 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Brookfield Park Primary School are St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale (0.3 miles, Outstanding, 64% reading, 75% maths); Trinity Church of England/Methodist School (0.4 miles, Good, 59% reading, 59% maths); Crow Orchard Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 100% reading, 100% maths); and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 50% reading, 63% maths).

Brookfield Park Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

38.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 45 pupils (29.4%) received SEN support and 7 (4.6%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Rainford Rail Station, about 2.5 miles away in a straight line.

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Sherrat Street (by), 100 metres away.

In 2024/25, Brookfield Park Primary School issued 10 suspensions, 6.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Brookfield Park Primary School are Lathom High School : A Technology College (0.8 miles), Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School (0.8 miles) and Maharishi Free School (1.5 miles).