The Bridge School

State-Funded School

the-bridge-school-birmingham-west-midlands

West MidlandsRegion

BirminghamLocal Authority

Sutton ColdfieldConstituency

B73 6UEPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

The Bridge School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–11, located in Birmingham, West Midlands.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 91 pupils. The Bridge School is part of Forward Education Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

41%

Asian

21%

Black

13%

Mixed

18%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

73%Boys

27%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

58%

England average

27%

First language not English

14%

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: Most deprived
Total pupils: 91
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Forward Education Trust

Inspection history

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

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 9 April 2025. 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
10 Dec 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.