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The Brookfield School

Special schoolAges 7–16Academy

Hereford, HR4 9NG · Herefordshire, County of local authority

Hereford’s School Grade B better than 59% of towns in England

How full
117 pupils
93% of its 126 places
Free school meals
70%
70 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about The Brookfield School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 70% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Requires improvement, October 2021 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (HR4 9) sold for a median £245,000; Hereford’s is £254,950

Results

DfE · GCSEs 2025/26, provisional · 13 pupils

Each bar is a group of England’s 3,224 graded secondary schools. The schools The Brookfield beats are shaded green.

Attainment 8 10.7

Average grade across 8 GCSEs ×10 · higher than 0% of schools · Herefordshire, County of avg 45.3

20304050607080England avg 47.3The Brookfield 10.7

Grade 5+ in English and maths 0%

A strong pass · higher than 0% of schools · Herefordshire, County of avg 42%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 47.3%The Brookfield 0%

Attainment 8, three years

The mark is England’s average that year

2024/25
9
2025/26
10.7
Grade 4 or above in English and maths8%
England’s schools 66% · Herefordshire, County of 63% · a standard pass

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

100 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
1%England 15.3%
EHC plan
99%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
3%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
71%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 12%Boys 88%
Its letter

No letter for The Brookfield School

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Requires improvement, October 2021.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near The Brookfield School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in HR4 9, the school’s postcode sector

Hereford property prices →
£245,000
median sale, 454 sales in 36 months · Hereford £254,950

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K2010201520202025HR4 9Hereford
HR4 9Hereford

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£360K
Semi-detached
£265K
Terraced
£190K
Flat
£120K
HR4 9Hereford

Homes in HR4 9 sell for a little under Hereford’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

12 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNDB−C+AC−C−CAB−AA+B+The Brookfield School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Hereford, HR4 9NG

The Brookfield School: common questions

What is The Brookfield School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Requires improvement (October 2021).

How much do houses cost near The Brookfield School?

Homes in its postcode sector, HR4 9, sold for a median £245,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (454 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Hereford’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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