Brook Green Centre for Learning
Bodmin Road, Whitleigh, Plymouth, PL5 4DZOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Brook Green Centre for Learning is a special school in Plymouth for ages 11 to 16. It is one of the 103 schools in Plymouth. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in December 2024, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 10 December 2024, report published 20 January 2025
This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 10 December 2024
The school has high expectations for pupils' social, emotional and academic achievement. Pupils aspire to do well at the school and are successful learners. They value learning a range of subjects. Pupils are well prepared for the world beyond school. Pupils learn exceptionally well to interact in socially appropriate ways. They are Well mannered, respectful and kind. Pupils have very strong, trusting relationships with staff and each other. They learn to form healthy relationships through the highly effective personal, social and health education programme. Through voting for the school council, pupils learn about the importance of democracy. Pupils learn to manage their emotional responses to the world around them. They value the house points system that rewards positive behaviour. Consequently, pupils behave well, both in lessons and around the school. Through the curriculum, pupils develop their physical health very well. For instance, they swim regularly, and many learn to ride bicycles for the first time. All pupils learn about the natural world through outdoor learning. For example, pupils learn to create art using the symmetry of leaves and plants in the woods that surround the school. All pupils in Year 9 and Year 10 enthusiastically participate in the Duke of Edinburgh awards.
What the school should improve
- Assessment about pupils' reading and writing knowledge is not used with precision in some subjects. This information is not used to inform adaptations to the teaching of reading and writing in these subjects. This means that some pupils struggle to learn successfully. The school must ensure that assessment information about pupils' reading and writing knowledge informs appropriate adaptations to the teaching of all subjects.
- Pupils in receipt of pupil premium funding do not attend school regularly enough. This means that they do not access learning as well as they could. The school must ensure that parents and pupils understand the link between school attendance and achievement so that these pupils attend more regularly.
Exam results
GCSE results (key stage 4), 2024/25
22 pupils in the year group
Pupil numbers and mix
111 pupils on roll, with places for 98
Schools near Brook Green Centre for Learning
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Ford School | 0.6 miles | Ofsted: Outstanding | 0% met the expected standard |
| Woodlands School | 0.8 miles | Ofsted: Good | Not published |
| Mount Tamar School | 1 mile | Report card: Urgent improvement to needs attention | Not published |
| Courtlands School | 2 miles | Report card: Needs attention to expected standard | 0% met the expected standard |
| Cann Bridge School | 2 miles | Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good | 0% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Community special school
- Sector
- Local authority maintained
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Holt
- Phone
- 01752773875
- Address
- Bodmin Road, Whitleigh, Plymouth, PL5 4DZ
- Local authority
- Plymouth
- URN
- 113648
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.