The Pines Special School

State-Funded School

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West MidlandsRegion

BirminghamLocal Authority

Birmingham ErdingtonConstituency

B23 7EYPostcode

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Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

The Pines Special School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–16, located in Birmingham, West Midlands.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 287 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 4.4
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 0%
EBacc average point score: 0.29

Ethnicity

White

34%

Asian

38%

Black

11%

Mixed

13%

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

287

Total Pupils

77%Boys

23%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

55%

England average

27%

First language not English

20%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 3 – 16
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 287
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

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

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 26 February 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
25 Jul 2019	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.