Ofsted: Requires improvement
City of Birmingham School
verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted
personMr Steve Howell
location_onBirmingham, B11 4LX
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Ofsted
Requires improvement
Inspected 2024
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Students
351
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Age Range
5-16
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City of Birmingham School is a Pupil referral unit school in Birmingham, serving ages 5-16. Currently Requires Improvement according to Ofsted — the school is working to raise standards.
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School Summary
City of Birmingham School is a pupil referral unit in Birmingham, admitting pupils aged 5-16. The school has approximately 480 pupils on roll, of whom 85% are eligible for free school meals.
Ofsted last inspected the school in 2024. The school's current overall rating is Requires improvement. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Good, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Good, and leadership and management Good.
The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 6.0:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.
verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted
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5 EvaluationsRequires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2 EIF
Not Judged
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Why no overall grade?
From autumn 2024, Ofsted stopped issuing a single headline grade (Outstanding / Good / RI / Inadequate). Instead, each inspection area is graded individually. This follows a major review after the death of headteacher Ruth Perry in 2023. The overall effectiveness field is left as "Not judged" in the published data.
Education
Good
Behaviour
Good
Development
Good
Leadership
Good
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 EIF
Requires improvement
Education
Requires improvement
Behaviour
Good
Development
Good
Leadership
Good
None Legacy
No Judgement
Education
No Judgement
Behaviour
-
Development
-
Leadership
-
S5 Inspection Legacy
Requires improvement
Education
No Judgement
Behaviour
No Judgement
Development
No Judgement
Leadership
Requires improvement
None Legacy
Good
Education
No Judgement
Behaviour
No Judgement
Development
No Judgement
Leadership
Outstanding