Brookfields School, Reading

In its own words: "We are located in Tilehurst, near Reading. We offer specialist provision to pupils aged 3 to 19, all of whom have complex special educational needs. We take pupils from West Berkshire, Reading, Maidenhead and Windsor, Hampshire, Bracknell and Wokingham."

The nearest other special schools to Brookfields School are Thames Valley School (1.7 miles, Good); The Avenue Special School (1.7 miles, Good); The Holy Brook School (2.5 miles, Good); and Aurora Rowan School (3 miles).

Brookfields School is one of 3 schools run by Ascendancy Partnership Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 16 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 88% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 6% to a further education college.

33% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, and 17.9% speak English as an additional language, according to the 2026 school census.

Almost every pupil at Brookfields School has an education, health and care plan (224 of 224 in 2026). The most common need among them is autism.

Brookfields School provides for pupils with moderate learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties and profound and multiple learning difficulties.

The nearest railway station is Tilehurst Rail Station, about 1190 metres away (roughly a 15-minute walk).

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Warley Rise (opposite), 180 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Brookfields School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 88 crimes within a mile of the school, most often shoplifting, violence and sexual offences and other theft. That is well above the typical figure around schools in West Berkshire (26), as is usual near a town centre.