Brook Academy
Brook Academy is a special free school in Gloucester for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 73 pupils and room for 80. About 64 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2025, no overall grade.
Mill Lane, Brockworth, Gloucester, GL3 4ZN01452 221626brook.learnmat.ukMr Kay Sarpong headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 9 July 2025, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
9 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Gloucestershire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
Specialist SEND provision. A special school for pupils with social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication.
To get a place in the unit or resourced provision, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school. Other schools in Gloucestershire with social, emotional and mental health provision.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (68), language and communications needs (5).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 73 | 64 | 49 | 32 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 64% | 63% | 55% | 50% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 0% | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 67.4% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 32.6% | 34.9% | 22.5% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 16.9% | 24.7% | 13.7% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 15.7% | 10.3% | 8.8% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 67.2% | 71.2% | 65.7% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 137.5 | 230.6 | 137.5 | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other special schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henley Bank High School | Academy | 320 m | 916 | Good 2022 | 66 | Compare |
| Lift Brockworth | Academy | 610 m | 386 | Good 2023 | 66 | Compare |
| Castle Hill Primary School | Council | 0.7 miles | 211 | No overall grade 2025 | 67 | Compare |
| Shurdington Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 1.4 miles | 207 | No overall grade 2024 | 70 | Compare |
| Coopers Edge School | Foundation | 1.5 miles | 403 | Good 2023 | 29 | Compare |
| Lift Hillview | Academy | 1.8 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Dinglewell Infant School | Council | 1.9 miles | 226 | Good 2023 | 64 | Compare |
| Dinglewell Junior School | Council | 1.9 miles | 359 | Good 2024 | 86 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Brook Academy a good school?
Brook Academy doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it not judged at its last inspection in July 2025.
What is Brook Academy's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Brook Academy not judged at its last full inspection on 9 July 2025.
How many pupils does Brook Academy have?
73 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 80 places, so it is 91% full.
What is attendance like at Brook Academy?
Pupils were in school 67.4% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 67% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
Does Brook Academy have specialist SEND provision?
Yes. It is a special school for social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Mill Lane, Brockworth, Gloucester, GL3 4ZN
- Telephone
- 01452 221626
- Website
- www.brook.learnmat.uk
- Headteacher
- Mr Kay Sarpong
- Type of school
- Special free school (Free schools special, free schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Multi-academy trust
- Cabot Learning Federation (36 schools)
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Ward
- Brockworth East
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2022 (free special school)
- URN
- 149073 · LAESTAB 9167007 · UKPRN 10090865
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.