Brookfield Park Primary School
School Lane, Skelmersdale, WN8 8EH
153 pupils · 74% of 207 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Free school meals
- 38.6%
Ofsted
Urgent improvement (2026) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Needs attention |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Urgent improvement |
| Achievement | Urgent improvement |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Urgent improvement |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 6 May 2026, published 5 July 2026. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 76% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 10% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.85 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 20 | 17 | 45 | 18 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 15 | 15 | 33 | 15 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 11 | 10 | 44 | 11 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 19 | 13 | 50 | 17 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 28 | 24 | 52 | 27 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 20 | 17 | 49 | 18 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 17 | 16 | 44 | 17 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 18 | 18 | 45 | 18 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale 0.5 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Trinity Church of England/Methodist School 0.6 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- Crow Orchard Primary School 0.9 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- St Edmund's Catholic Primary School 1.1 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Cobbs Brow School 1.6 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Delph Side Community Primary School 2.3 km · No overall grade (2024)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.