Brookside Infant School is an average sized primary school. Most pupils come from White British backgrounds and the remainder from a range of ethnic backgrounds. The proportion of pupils who speak English as an additional language is average. The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs supported through school action is above average. The proportion supported at school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is significantly above average. The proportion of pupils supported by the pupil premium is well above average. In this school this extra government funding is for those known to be eligible for free school meals or in the care of the local authority. Staff changes since the previous inspection include the appointment of two teachers in the Early Years Foundation Stage, who also have leadership and management responsibilities and a teacher to share responsibility for disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs with the deputy headteacher. Two staff have been employed part-time through the pupil premium funding to support those eligible pupils and a support assistant to monitor attendance. In recent years a significant number of pupils have joined the school in Year 2 at times other than the usual entry year in Nursery. The school runs its own breakfast club.