Coombswood Special School
Ofsted: Requires improvement
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Location
- Halesowen, B62 8BH
- Distance
- 1.2km away
Halesbury School
Feldon Lane, Halesowen, B62 9DR
Ofsted: Expected
Independent
Phase
117
Capacity
4-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 2.1 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 0.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 0.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 0.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 0.1 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 8
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 0.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 174
- Boys
- 140 (80%)
- Girls
- 34 (20%)
- Capacity
- 117 (149% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 42.8%
- EAL
- 10.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 8.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 20.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £25,297/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 31.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 71.3%
- Asian Pakistani: 6.3%
- Other: 4.6%
- Mixed Other: 3.5%
- Black African: 2.3%
- White Other: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.7%
71.3%
White British
6.3%
Asian Pakistani
4.6%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Feldon Lane
Halesowen, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 103881
- UKPRN
- 10015540
- Establishment No.
- 7005
- Trust
- Peoples Field Trust
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