Brook View School
Ward Green Lane, Ribchester, Preston, PR3 3YBOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Brook View School is a special school in Preston for ages 8 to 19. It is one of the 692 schools in Lancashire. Its latest Ofsted rating is Good, from an inspection in May 2025.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 13 May 2025, report published 29 June 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 13 May 2025
Pupils at Brook View School are greeted each day by nurturing staff. They feel cared for, and their interactions with adults show that they feel safe. Pupils settle in quickly when they start at the school. The highly positive relationships that they enjoy with staff help to reinforce positive behaviours. Pupils are supported well to ensure they are calm and ready to learn. Pupils show early signs of being able to manage their own feelings better. Pupils explore their surroundings and engage well in their education. There is a strong focus on ensuring that they can successfully communicate and express their feelings, choices and preferences. Over time, pupils build their knowledge and skills to achieve the high ambitions that the school has set out for their learning. Pupils benefit from a range of trips and visitors that help to develop their understanding of the role of others in the community, such as through visiting a local fire station. This helps pupils understand the communities they live in. The school has also introduced a package of 'things to do before you leave' to broaden pupils' experiences. These include creating a mosaic and learning to cook outdoors.
What the school should improve
- Some aspects of the curriculum have not been thought through fully in terms of what the school wants pupils to achieve. This means that staff do not have enough guidance about what pupils need to learn and how they can support them to achieve appropriate milestones. The proprietor should refine the curriculum and support staff to adapt this to meet pupils' individual needs.
- The school's programme of careers education, information and guidance is at an early stage of development. As such, pupils are not equipped with some of the wider experiences, knowledge and skills for future independence that they may otherwise be capable of. The school should ensure that its careers programme better prepares pupils for later life.
Pupil numbers and mix
10 pupils on roll, with places for 25
Schools near Brook View School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillside Specialist School and College | 0.8 miles | Ofsted: Good | 0% met the expected standard |
| Sir Tom Finney Community High School | 5 miles | Ofsted: Good | Attainment 8: 0.3 |
| Acorns Primary School | 7 miles | Ofsted judgements: Outstanding | 0% met the expected standard |
| Moorbrook School | 7 miles | Ofsted judgements: Good | Attainment 8: 3.5 |
| The Willows | 7 miles | Ofsted: Good | Not published |
School details
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Sector
- Independent
- Age range
- 8 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Selective
- Headteacher
- Miss Rebekah Dennett
- Phone
- 01254958579
- Address
- Ward Green Lane, Ribchester, Preston, PR3 3YB
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- URN
- 136069
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.