Coombswood Special School
Ofsted: Requires improvement
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Location
- Halesowen, B62 8BH
- Distance
- 1.9km away
The Westminster School
Hawes Lane, Rowley Regis, B65 9AL
Ofsted: Good
Independent
Phase
—
Capacity
7-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 2 July 2024.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Cohort Size
- 34
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
- 272
- Boys
- 199 (65%)
- Girls
- 107 (35%)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 56.6%
- EAL
- 10.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 99.3%
- SEN Support
- 0.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 5.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 47.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £31,444/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2023-24
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 31.9% 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: 58.8%
- Asian Pakistani: 9.4%
- Asian Indian: 6.0%
- Asian Other: 4.9%
- Mixed Other: 3.8%
- Black African: 3.8%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 2.3%
- Black Other: 2.3%
58.8%
White British
9.4%
Asian Pakistani
6.0%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Hawes Lane
Rowley Regis, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 132233
- UKPRN
- 10015960
- Establishment No.
- 7019
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