City of Birmingham School
Special / other · Birmingham · B11 4LX
Data updated
SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection
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Inspected 1 October 2024
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431 pupils · 98% of 440 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Pupil referral unit
- Age range
- 5–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 72.2% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 7.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 96.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 3.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- URN
- 103146
In figures
At its inspection on 1 October 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. It had 431 pupils at the 15 January 2026 census.
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 40% (Birmingham 40%, England 73%) · Asian Pakistani 14% (Birmingham 13%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 12% (Birmingham 12%, England 4%) · Black Caribbean 8% (Birmingham 8%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Birmingham 5%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Birmingham 4%, England 1%) · Black African 3% (Birmingham 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 3% (Birmingham 3%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Birmingham 2%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Birmingham 2%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Birmingham 1%, England 3%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 2%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% left the state-funded sector
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 4.94% filled temporarily · England, special schools and PRUs: 0.68% vacant, 1.02% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
39.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 17.2 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £52,913; 3.4% on the leadership pay range · England, special schools and PRUs: £53,604, 18.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2025-26)
Where the money went (2025-26)
Share of spending, with the median for pupil referral unit schools in brackets: Staff 59% (78%) · premises 9% (4%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (4%) · supplies and services 25% (11%) · educational supplies 13% (3%) · bought-in professional services 10% (5%) · catering 1% (1%)
Reserves (2025-26)
Revenue reserve £634,236; in-year balance -£448,742
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared
Inspection history since 2015
- 1 October 2024: Good
- 14 September 2023: Leaders and those responsible for governance are taking effective action in order for the school to become a good school
- 9 March 2022: Requires improvement
- 8 January 2019: Taking effective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement
- 14 March 2018: Requires improvement
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 23.1% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 33.9% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 13.7% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 37.3% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 44.4% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 62.9% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 10.9% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 25.8% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 9.1% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 14.7% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 37.8% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 27.4% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01009382 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £180,000311 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £140,500–£245,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 7an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 12an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 68an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 11an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted