INNOV4TE Independent School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Location
- Dudley, B63 2UX
- Distance
- 1.8km away
The Old Park School
Thorns Road, Brierley Hill, DY5 2JY
Ofsted: Outstanding
Independent
Phase
—
Capacity
4-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 9 May 2024.
School history and status
Closed on 31 August 2026 and continues as The Old Park School (URN 152593) (opened 1 September 2026). Its page carries this history forward.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Cohort Size
- 18
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 100.0%
- Continued in education
- 100.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 0.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 153
- Boys
- 100 (68%)
- Girls
- 47 (32%)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 48.9%
- EAL
- 20.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 7.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 21.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £34,764/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 14.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 37.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 57.5%
- Asian Pakistani: 22.2%
- Black African: 4.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.6%
- Asian Indian: 2.0%
- Asian Chinese: 2.0%
- Other: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.3%
57.5%
White British
22.2%
Asian Pakistani
4.6%
Black African
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Thorns Road
Brierley Hill, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 103880
- UKPRN
- 10016250
- Establishment No.
- 7004
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