Include-Welby Grange
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Location
- Melton Mowbray, LE14 3EF
- Distance
- 4.4km away
Birch Wood (Melton Area Special School)
Grange Drive, Melton Mowbray, LE13 1HA
Independent
Phase
240
Capacity
4-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 SATs.
School history and status
Closed on 30 November 2025 and continues as Birch Wood (Melton Area Special School) (URN 152239) (opened 1 December 2025). Its page carries this history forward.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 6.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 0.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 0.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 27
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
- 245
- Boys
- 163 (67%)
- Girls
- 82 (33%)
- Capacity
- 240 (102% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 41.2%
- EAL
- 1.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 6.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 39.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £30,893/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
- 9.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.3% 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
Loading chart
- White British: 88.6%
- White Other: 2.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.0%
- Asian Indian: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.2%
- Mixed Other: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
- Asian Other: 0.8%
88.6%
White British
2.5%
White Other
2.0%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Grange Drive
Melton Mowbray, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 134640
- UKPRN
- 10014880
- Establishment No.
- 7215
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