Leycroft Academy

State-Funded School

leycroft-academy-birmingham-west-midlands

West MidlandsRegion

BirminghamLocal Authority

Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull NorthConstituency

B33 9UEPostcode

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Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Leycroft Academy is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–11, located in Birmingham, West Midlands.

The school is rated Requires improvement by Ofsted. It currently serves 170 pupils. Leycroft Academy is part of Forward Education Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Ethnicity

White

24%

Asian

45%

Black

18%

Mixed

11%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

170

Total Pupils

78%Boys

22%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

68%

England average

27%

First language not English

34%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 170
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Forward Education Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
25 Jun 2024	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement

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.