Brook Academy
Mill Lane, Brockworth, Gloucester, GL3 4ZNOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Brook Academy is a special school in Gloucester for ages 11 to 16. It is one of the 329 schools in Gloucestershire. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in July 2025, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 9 July 2025, report published 16 September 2025
This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 9 July 2025
Before joining Brook Academy, pupils may have experienced long or repeated absences from education. The school's curriculum is designed to help pupils overcome barriers to engagement. It aims to build their confidence, resilience, and positive learning behaviours. This involves working with pupils to create various opportunities to achieve and celebrate their personal and academic successes. With appropriate support, pupils learn to recognise and manage their emotions and actions successfully. Pupils are at the centre of the school's decision-making. Over time, positive working relationships based on trust and respect are built between staff and pupils. This helps create a calm school environment where most pupils feel safe. A well-developed careers programme helps pupils to make informed choices about their post-16 education, employment and training options. Before they move on, pupils attain nationally recognised qualifications and essential life skills such as cooking. Pupils look forward to spending time with their friends at school. They value and enjoy the school's enrichment experiences, such as boxing, music and residential trips. These opportunities help pupils to explore and develop new talents and interests. The school's focus on developing pupils' mental and physical health and improving their self-esteem prepares them well for adulthood.
What the school should improve
- In some subjects, staff do not know the curriculum content and expectations sufficiently well. Teaching and learning adaptations are not precise enough to help pupils learn new curriculum content. The trust needs to develop staff knowledge of the curriculum and its expectations to ensure pupils are effectively supported to secure their knowledge in these subjects.
- The school's curriculum is not implemented as intended in some subjects. Pupils' prior knowledge is not routinely recapped and developed. The trust should ensure that pupils have sufficient opportunities to revisit and apply prior learning to successfully build their knowledge, skills and vocabulary over time.
Pupil numbers and mix
73 pupils on roll, with places for 80
Schools near Brook Academy
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont School | 3 miles | Ofsted: Outstanding | 0% met the expected standard |
| Bettridge School | 3 miles | Ofsted: Good | 0% met the expected standard |
| The Milestone School | 4 miles | Ofsted judgements: Good | 0% met the expected standard |
| Valley Bridge School | 4 miles | Ofsted: Requires improvement | Not published |
| Belong School Gloucestershire | 4 miles | Report card: Expected standard to strong standard | Attainment 8: 4.0 |
School details
- School type
- Free schools special
- Sector
- Free school
- Trust
- CABOT LEARNING FEDERATION
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Kay Sarpong
- Phone
- 01452221626
- Address
- Mill Lane, Brockworth, Gloucester, GL3 4ZN
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- URN
- 149073
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.