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Special / other · Ilford · IG4 5LP
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 17 April 2024
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35 pupils · 24% of 148 capacity
- School type
- Free schools alternative provision
- Age range
- 12–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 44.8% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 12.5% of pupils
- SEN support
- 37.5% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 37.5% of pupils
- Website
- http://bbih.org/
- URN
- 141006
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
73% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 20% moved to another state school · 8% 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 April 2024: Good
- 10 December 2019: Good
- 4 July 2017: Requires improvement
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.