James Brindley School

State-Funded School

james-brindley-school-birmingham-west-midlands

West MidlandsRegion

BirminghamLocal Authority

Birmingham LadywoodConstituency

B15 2AFPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

James Brindley School 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 104 pupils. James Brindley School is part of THINK DIFFERENTLY EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2022

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

72%

Asian

Black

Mixed

15%

Pupils

104

Total Pupils

67%Boys

33%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

44%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

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: 104
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: THINK DIFFERENTLY EDUCATION TRUST

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 29 June 2022. 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 Feb 2017	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.