Merstone School

State-Funded School

merstone-school-solihull-west-midlands

West MidlandsRegion

SolihullLocal Authority

Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull NorthConstituency

B36 0UEPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Merstone School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–19, located in Solihull, West Midlands.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 166 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 24 Mar 2026 · published 7 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

73%

Asian

10%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Pupils

166

Total Pupils

71%Boys

29%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

57%

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: 2 – 19
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 166
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 (Concerns)

Ungraded inspection on 27 September 2023. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one. Ofsted has scheduled a full graded inspection as a result.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
28 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.