Calthorpe Academy

State-Funded School

calthorpe-academy-birmingham-west-midlands

West MidlandsRegion

BirminghamLocal Authority

Birmingham LadywoodConstituency

B12 0TPPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Calthorpe Academy is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–19, located in Birmingham, West Midlands.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 461 pupils. Calthorpe Academy is part of THRIVE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

13%

Asian

51%

Black

20%

Mixed

Any other group

Pupils

461

Total Pupils

71%Boys

29%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

71%

England average

27%

First language not English

29%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 2 – 19
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 461
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: THRIVE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP

Inspection history

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

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 5 October 2023. 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
15 Dec 2017	Outstanding	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.