Halesbury School

State-Funded School

halesbury-school-dudley-west-midlands

West MidlandsRegion

DudleyLocal Authority

HalesowenConstituency

B62 9DRPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Halesbury School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–19, located in Dudley, West Midlands.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 174 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 10 Mar 2026 · published 13 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Expected standard
Post-16 provision
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Sixth formprovision

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 2.1
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 0%
EBacc average point score: 0.1

Ethnicity

White

72%

Asian

10%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Pupils

174

Total Pupils

80%Boys

20%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

44%

England average

27%

First language not English

10%

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: Deprived
Total pupils: 174
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
16 Nov 2023	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
15 May 2015	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.