Ryecroft School
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Location
- Walsall, WS2 7AN
- Distance
- 1.4km away
Castle School
Odell Road, Leamore, Walsall, WS3 2ED
Ofsted: Strong
Independent
Phase
205
Capacity
7-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 3 June 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Cohort Size
- 31
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 95.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 230
- Boys
- 177 (72%)
- Girls
- 70 (28%)
- Capacity
- 205 (120% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 62.8%
- EAL
- 11.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 9.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 25.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £17,161/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community 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: 70.3%
- Asian Pakistani: 7.4%
- Black African: 3.9%
- White Other: 3.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.5%
- Asian Indian: 3.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.3%
70.3%
White British
7.4%
Asian Pakistani
3.9%
Black African
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Odell Road
Walsall, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 104269
- UKPRN
- 10015226
- Establishment No.
- 7002
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