Forest Oak School

State-Funded School

forest-oak-school-solihull-west-midlands

West MidlandsRegion

SolihullLocal Authority

Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull NorthConstituency

B36 0UEPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Forest Oak School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–19, located in Solihull, West Midlands.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 215 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

73%

Asian

Black

Mixed

15%

Chinese

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

215

Total Pupils

69%Boys

31%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

66%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 4 – 19
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 215
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

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

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 20 June 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
7 Mar 2014	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.