Saxon Hill Academy

State-Funded School

saxon-hill-academy-staffordshire-west-midlands

West MidlandsRegion

StaffordshireLocal Authority

LichfieldConstituency

WS14 9DEPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Saxon Hill Academy is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–19, located in Staffordshire, West Midlands.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 130 pupils. Saxon Hill Academy is part of THE SHAW EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 25 Nov 2025 · published 28 May 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
Post-16 provision
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

87%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Pupils

130

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

38%

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: Average
Total pupils: 130
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: THE SHAW EDUCATION TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good (Improving)

Ungraded inspection on 23 May 2024. 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
24 Oct 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.