Horton Lodge Community Special School

State-Funded School

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West MidlandsRegion

StaffordshireLocal Authority

Staffordshire MoorlandsConstituency

ST13 8RBPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Horton Lodge Community Special School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–11, located in Staffordshire, West Midlands.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 66 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

83%

Asian

12%

Black

Mixed

Pupils

Total Pupils

55%Boys

45%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

38%

England average

27%

First language not English

11%

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: Average
Total pupils: 66
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

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 24 January 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
11 Mar 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.