James Brindley School
Special / other · Birmingham · B15 2AF
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 29 June 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
104 pupils · 19% of 557 capacity
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Age range
- 2–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 50.5% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 2.5% of pupils
- SEN support
- 16.7% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 83.3% of pupils
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 139526
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)
82% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school · 13% 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, academy 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.
Inspection history since 2015
- 17 January 2017: Good
- 21 June 2016: Taking effective action towards the removal of special measures
- 24 February 2016: Taking effective action towards the removal of special measures
- 24 November 2015: Taking effective action towards the removal of special measures
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.