Forest Oak School
Ofsted: Outstanding
- Type
- Community special school
- Location
- Birmingham, B36 0UE
- Distance
- 0.0km away
Merstone School
Windward Way, Smith's Wood, Birmingham, B36 0UE
Ofsted: Strong
Independent
Phase
166
Capacity
2-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Continues as Merstone School (URN 152713). Its page carries this history forward.
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Strong standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Cohort Size
- 10
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 171
- Boys
- 118 (71%)
- Girls
- 48 (29%)
- Capacity
- 166 (100% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 60.3%
- EAL
- 5.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 8.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 43.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £23,699/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 12.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 42.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 69.0%
- Asian Pakistani: 7.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 6.4%
- Asian Indian: 3.5%
- Black Caribbean: 2.3%
- Other: 2.3%
- White Other: 1.8%
- Black African: 1.8%
69.0%
White British
7.6%
Asian Pakistani
6.4%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Windward Way
Birmingham, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 104133
- UKPRN
- 10016914
- Establishment No.
- 7007
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