Merstone School
Special / other · Birmingham · B36 0UE
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 24 March 2026 · report published 7 June 2026
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
166 pupils · 100% of 166 capacity
- School type
- Community special school
- Age range
- 2–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 62.6% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 5.8% of pupils
- SEN support
- 0% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 100% of pupils
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.merstone.solihull.sch.uk
- URN
- 104133
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
10 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
no data
no data
GCSE results (2024/2025)
10 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
no pupils entered
no pupils entered
no pupils entered
no pupils entered
Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 4% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Where pupils go after GCSEs
suppressed (small cohort)
suppressed (small cohort)
suppressed (small cohort)
suppressed (small cohort)
Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.
Inspection history since 2015
- 24 March 2026: Strong standard
- 26 September 2023: School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next
- 14 November 2017: Yes - improving (outstanding)
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.