Brookfield Park Primary School
Community school in Skelmersdale, Lancashire.
School details
| Phase | Primary |
|---|---|
| Type | Community school |
| Age range | 2 to 11 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| Pupils on roll | 153 (school census 15-01-2026) |
| Capacity | 207 |
| Free school meals | 38.60% |
| Local authority | Lancashire |
| Address | School Lane, Chapel House, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 8EH |
| Map | View on Google Maps |
| Website | www.brookfieldparkprimary.co.uk |
| Telephone | 01695724042 |
| URN | 134603 |
Ofsted inspection
Latest full inspection: report card inspection under Ofsted's renewed framework (in use since November 2025), started 6 May 2026, published 5 July 2026. Report cards grade each area separately; there is no single overall grade.
| Safeguarding standards | Met |
|---|---|
| Inclusion | Needs attention |
| Curriculum and teaching | Urgent improvement |
| Achievement | Urgent improvement |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Urgent improvement |
Category of concern: Special measures.
Earlier graded inspection under the previous framework (Education Inspection Framework), started 13 September 2023, published 26 November 2023:
| Overall effectiveness | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years provision | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
Read the Ofsted reports for this school
Ofsted stopped giving single-word overall effectiveness grades in September 2024 and introduced report cards from November 2025. Older grades are shown with their dates and may not reflect the school today.
Nearby schools
- St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale (primary school, about 0.5 km)
- Trinity Church of England/Methodist School (primary school, about 0.6 km)
- Crow Orchard Primary School (primary school, about 0.9 km)
- St Edmund's Catholic Primary School (primary school, about 1.1 km)
- Cobbs Brow School (primary school, about 1.6 km)
- Delph Side Community Primary School (primary school, about 2.3 km)
- Maharishi Free School (all-through school, about 2.4 km)
- Woodland Community Primary School (primary school, about 2.5 km)
Browse: Primary schools in Lancashire
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. School data: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (downloaded 11 October 2026). Inspection data: Ofsted, state-funded schools inspections and outcomes management information (as at 31 August 2026). Last updated 2026-10-11.