Braidwood School for the Deaf

State-Funded School

braidwood-school-for-the-deaf-birmingham-west-midlands

West MidlandsRegion

BirminghamLocal Authority

Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull NorthConstituency

B36 8AFPostcode

1.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Braidwood School for the Deaf is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–19, located in Birmingham, West Midlands.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 82 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 9.2
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 6.7%
EBacc average point score: 0.37

Ethnicity

White

32%

Asian

34%

Black

18%

Mixed

12%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

61%Boys

39%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

76%

England average

27%

First language not English

83%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 11 – 19
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 82
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 9 October 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
18 Oct 2013	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.