“schools in Birmingham”

14 Court Road, Birmingham, B11 4LX

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 The vast majority of pupils at City of Birmingham School have been permanently excluded from mainstream schools.  A smaller number are placed at City of Birmingham School because they are at risk of permanent exclusion from their own school. Some have recently arrived in the local area, and appropriate specialist provision has not yet been identified.  Since the last inspection, the school has been reorganised into seven different sites, based on key stages.  The Minerva Centre is no longer used as a teaching centre.  The school uses three registered alternative providers that a small number of pupils attend full time. In most cases, these are to access specific work-related learning opportunities.

14 Court Road, Birmingham, B11 4LX

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 Most pupils at City of Birmingham School have been permanently excluded from mainstream and other schools.  A small number of pupils are placed at City of Birmingham School because they are at risk of permanent exclusion from their own school.  Pupils join and leave the school at different times throughout the year. This means that the number of pupils on roll fluctuates througout the year.  The school is multi-site, being made up of seven campuses spread across Birmingham. The school uses three registered alternative providers. A small number of pupils attend full time.  The school meets the requirements of the provider access legislation, which requires schools to provide pupils in Years 8 to 13 with information and engagement about approved technical education qualifications and apprenticeships. 1 and 2 October 2024

73 Hertford Street, Birmingham, B12 8NJ

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 St Paul’s is an independent day school located in Birmingham. The school offers places for up to 55 pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. All the current cohort have an education, health and care plan. The school also offers places to pupils who have social, emotional and behavioural difficulties.  The school operates across a primary and a secondary site. It is part of St Paul’s Trust.  Pupils are placed at the school by Birmingham local authority.  The school does make use of alternative provision. Pupils access construction courses at Southside. This is part of The Edge Academy, which is registered with Ofsted. The school has made sure that all appropriate checks are in place. Pupils are accompanied by school staff when in attendance.  The school was last inspected in July 2019 when it was judged to be good. The school met all of the independent school standards.

Aston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B6 5NU

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 Birmingham Independent College is an independent school for pupils and students aged 14 and 25. It is located on Witton Road, Aston, Birmingham, B6 5NU.  The school caters for pupils who have SEND. Pupils and students have a range of needs, including autism, and speech, language and communication needs.  The school does not use any alternative provision.  The school’s most recent standard inspection took place in October 2024. This was followed by an additional monitoring inspection, which took place in March 2025.

Small Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, B11 2PZ

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 Birmingham Muslim School is an independent Islamic day school for girls and boys aged four to 11 years old. It was opened in 2001.  There are currently 72 pupils on roll.  No pupils have been identified as having SEN and/or disabilities.  The proprietor is The Albayan Education Foundation Ltd. This is made up of a board of three trustees, one of whom is the headteacher.  The headteacher does not have a class teaching commitment.  Since the previous inspection, two teachers, including the deputy headteacher, have left the school and two new teachers have been appointed.  The last full inspection of the school took place in October 2017, when its overall effectiveness was judged to be inadequate.

Small Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, B11 2PZ

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 Birmingham Muslim School is an independent Islamic day school for girls and boys aged four to 11 years old. It was opened in 2001.  Since June 2018, there have been a number of changes in staffing. Seven staff have left the school.  There are currently 83 pupils on roll.  No pupils have been identified as having special educational needs and/or disabilities.  The proprietor is The Albayan Education Foundation Ltd. This is made up of a board of three trustees, one of whom is the headteacher.  The headteacher does not have a class teaching commitment. The headteacher is currently subject to an interim prohibition order.  The last full inspection of the school took place in October 2017, when its overall effectiveness was judged to be inadequate.

Small Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, B11 2PZ

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 Birmingham Muslim School is an independent selective Islamic day school for girls and boys aged 4 to 11 years old. It opened in 2001 and is part of the Albayan Educational Foundation Ltd.  Governance of the school is through the board of trustees, which comprises of two members and the chair of trustees, who is the headteacher.  The school aims to ‘bring out the best in our children’.  All pupils are from minority ethnic backgrounds.  The school has 74 pupils on roll, which is smaller than the average-sized primary school.  There are no pupils with special educational needs or disability.  There are no pupils in the care of the local authority.  A small but increasing proportion of pupils speak English as an additional language.  No pupils attend off-site provision.  There are no pupils who are eligible for the pupil premium (additional funding provided by the government for pupils known to be eligible for free school meals and those in the care of the local

Aston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B6 5NU

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 Birmingham Independent College is a small independent day school for pupils and students aged between 14 and 25. It is located on Witton Road, Aston, Birmingham, B6 5NU.  All pupils who attend the school have SEND. The school caters for pupils with a range of needs, including autism and speech, language and communication.  The school does not use any alternative provision.

Stechford, Birmingham, West Midlands, B33 8BL

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This school is situated in the city of Birmingham. Most pupils are of White British heritage, with an increasing proportion of pupils coming from a wide range of other minority ethnic backgrounds. There are a very small number of pupils at an early stage of speaking English as an additional language. The proportion of pupils identified as having learning difficulties and disabilities is similar to that found nationally, and most of these pupils have moderate learning difficulties. Attainment on entry to the school, whilst varying from year to year, is broadly average.

Sparkhill, Birmingham, West Midlands, B12 8BL

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The school is much larger than average and is situated near the city centre of Birmingham in an area of high socio-economic deprivation. Virtually all pupils speak English as an additional language and about a quarter of them are in the early stages of English acquisition. The percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals is well above average and a broadly average number have learning difficulties.

14 Court Road, Birmingham, B11 4LX

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Leaders have thought carefully about the curriculum they provide for all pupils. They do not want any pupils to fall behind their peers. For this reason, pupils follow all subjects of the national curriculum. Courses in health and social care, hair and beauty and BTEC National Diploma sport broaden the vocational education of older pupils. However, how this curriculum is taught does not always consider what pupils have learned, know, or remember. When pupils arrive, City of Birmingham School often does not receive much information about pupils’ needs. Staff at City of Birmingham School work hard to make sure they quickly gain an accurate understanding of what pupils can do, but this information is not always used well to plan learning. This means too many pupils struggle to understand new knowledge or find that lessons are far too easy. 9 and 10 March 2022

Moseley, Birmingham, West Midlands, B13 9QE

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This larger-than-average school is situated south of Birmingham city centre. It draws its pupils from a socially diverse area. Generally pupils' socio-economic circumstances are average, although the percentage of children eligible for free school meals is below the national average. Just over half of children are from White British backgrounds but there is a range of minority ethnic groups represented in the school. No children are in the early stages of learning to speak English as an additional language. The proportion of pupils with learning difficulties and/or disabilities is also below the national average. Most of these pupils have moderate learning difficulties. The levels of skills and abilities of children who join the Early Years Foundation Stage in Reception are broadly in line with those expected for their age. The current headteacher was appointed in September 2007.

14 Court Road, Birmingham, B11 4LX

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Many of the pupils start at City of Birmingham School not being able to read well. In the primary part of the school, teachers work quickly to provide pupils with the right support to help them to read. In the secondary phase, the profile of reading has not been as high. This means that the pupils who come to City of Birmingham School not being able to read do not always learn to read during their time at the school. This affects how well they can access different lessons or the world around them.

Nelson Mandela Community School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B12 8EH

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The school is a large multiracial primary school situated in a deprived area of Birmingham. A high number of children are eligible for free school meals. Children’s achievements are very low when they join the Nursery, but the number of children having learning difficulties and disabilities is close to the national average. Most of these children have moderate learning or physical disabilities. Thirteen different ethnic groups are represented in the school, with the majority of children being of Asian British-Pakistani heritage. The proportion of children for whom English is an additional language is high, with approximately two fifths of them at an early stage of learning English. Following an unprecedented number of staff leavers, there are six newly qualified teachers on the staff.

Hockley, Birmingham, West Midlands, B18 5PB

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Birmingham school left in March and an acting head of school is currently in place.  An emergency inspection took place in December 2014, following concerns raised from a pupil response during the Ofsted ‘point in time survey’. Although the concerns were mostly unfounded, two regulations were unmet. These related to students’ health promotion and their smoking at the school and also the lack of an external recreation area for pupils to play. An action plan was produced and evaluated in February 2015; the plan was judged to be acceptable.  The school underwent a successful material change visit in March 2015, following relocation to new premises.  Ten pupils are eligible for the pupil premium funding, some of whom are looked after by the local authority. The pupil premium is additional funding for those pupils known to be eligible for free school meals or those pupils who are looked after by the local authority.

Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B17 8LE

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The school is located in a socially, economically and ethnically diverse part of Birmingham. It draws most of its pupils from areas of severe social disadvantage in the west of the city, although some pupils travel from much further afield. The rate at which pupils join and leave the school is very high, because for a significant minority of the pupils, their time in the school and local area is transitory. Some, for example, are children of recently arrived immigrants, refugees and asylum-seekers, while a few are children from overseas whose parents work in the diplomatic service. The large majority of pupils speak English as an additional language, and a significant minority, including those who are newly arrived from overseas, are beginners in learning English. The proportion of pupils with learning difficulties and/or disabilities is broadly average, although the proportion with statements of special educational need is below average.

14 Court Road, Birmingham, B11 4LX

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Birmingham's Behaviour Support Service (BSS) is a complex organisation. It has three functions. First, it is a pupil referral unit (PRU) covering the full statutory 5 to 16 age range, based in nine centres. Three centres cater for primary aged pupils; the others cater for secondary aged students. Second, on behalf of the local authority it provides strategic advice, support and development in the field of behaviour. Third, it offers a service to Birmingham schools and others, providing training, support and guidance for students with behaviour, emotional and social difficulties (BESD). Only the PRU aspects of the service were inspected. All students attending the PRU have special educational needs and/or disabilities. Many have had disrupted education, having been subject to exclusion or experienced significant difficulties at school. Boys greatly outnumber girls and a high proportion of students are

Acocks Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, B27 6LL

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 The school is registered to provide full-time education for boys and girls aged nine to 18.  The school is in Birmingham. It was registered as an independent school in August 2014 and is housed in a residential property.  The school’s most recent standard inspection was in November 2022, when it was judged to require improvement overall.  Leaders do not use alternative provision.

Acocks Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, B27 6LL

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 The school is registered to provide full-time education for boys and girls aged nine to 18.  The school is in Birmingham. It was registered as an independent school in August 2014 and is housed in a residential property.  The school’s most recent standard inspection was in November 2022, when it was judged to require improvement overall.  Leaders do not use alternative provision.

Small Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, B10 9EN

Somerville Road School address Primary Type of school Birmingham Community School category B10 9EN 3 °11 Age range of pupils 0121 6750956 Telephone number Mixed Gender of pupils 0121 7733890 Fax number 758 Number on roll (school) Zualfqar Hussain Chair The governing body Appropriate authority Richard Hornsby Headteacher 1 September 2001 Date of previous school inspection