Brays School

State-Funded School

brays-school-birmingham-west-midlands

West MidlandsRegion

BirminghamLocal Authority

Birmingham YardleyConstituency

B26 1NSPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Brays School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–11, located in Birmingham, West Midlands.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 93 pupils. Brays School is part of Forward Education Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

16%

Asian

61%

Black

Mixed

13%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

59%Boys

41%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

41%

England average

27%

First language not English

34%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 93
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Forward Education Trust

Inspection history

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

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 11 June 2025. 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
8 Mar 2013	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.