The Old Park School
Special / other · Brierley Hill · DY5 2JY
Data updated
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Outstanding. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 9 May 2024
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Age range
- 4–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Website
- http://www.oldpark.org
- URN
- 152593
Special educational needs
Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.
- Visual Impairment
- Hearing Impairment
- Speech, Language and Communication Needs
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Multi-Sensory Impairment
- Physical Disability
- Severe Learning Difficulty
- Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 5/10around the middle for England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 5/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 18% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 24.9% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 23.2% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 17.3% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 44.3% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 84.8% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 1.8% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 13.2% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 12% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 1.4% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 7.1% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 12.2% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01009719 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £227,000306 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £185,000–£267,000the 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
- 4an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 2an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 18an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 6an 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