The Brier School
Special / other · Kingswinford · DY6 8QN
Data updated
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 14 February 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
219 pupils · 108% of 203 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Age range
- 4–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 43.4% of pupils (January 2026)
- Website
- www.brier.dudley.sch.uk
- URN
- 151763
In figures
Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 14 February 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Special educational needs
Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.
- Visual Impairment
- Other Difficulty/Disability
- Speech, Language and Communication Needs
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Physical Disability
- Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Severe Learning Difficulty
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 74% (Dudley 72%, England 66%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 6% (Dudley 4%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Dudley 8%, England 4%) · Black African 3% (Dudley 3%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Dudley 2%, England 3%) · Not recorded 2% (Dudley 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Dudley 2%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Dudley 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Dudley 1%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Dudley 1%, England 0%) · other groups together 4%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
3.97% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, special schools and PRUs: 0.68% vacant, 1.02% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £56,251; 24% on the leadership pay range · England, special schools and PRUs: £53,604, 18.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 4/10more deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 5/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 19.7% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 27.5% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 24.7% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 20.4% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 38% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 81.8% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 8.4% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 9.6% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 23.6% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 2.5% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 12.1% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 18.9% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01009828 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £242,000418 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £199,000–£290,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than most 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
- 2an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 6an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 16an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 1an 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