Fox Hollies School
Highbury Community Campus, Queensbridge Road, Birmingham, B13 8QB
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Foundation special school
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- Birmingham Special Schools Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sinead Davies
- SEN provision
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 102
- Pupils on roll
- 116
- URN
- 103625
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01214646566
About this school
Fox Hollies School is a foundation special school in Birmingham. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 116 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 14 | 13 | 17 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Fox Hollies School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 14.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 110 |
| 2023/24 | 110 |
| 2024/25 | 112 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report9 June 2026
- 25 May 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 69.74%
- English as an additional language
- 27.7%
- Overall absence
- 10.24%
- Persistent absence
- 32.47%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Reach School0.2 miles
Free Schools · Birmingham
-
Uffculme School0.3 miles
Special schools · Birmingham
-
Red Boots School (National Institute of Conductive Education)0.7 miles
Special schools · Birmingham
-
Green Oak Academy0.9 miles
Independent schools · Birmingham
-
The Dame Ellen Pinsent School1.0 miles
Special schools · Birmingham
Other schools in Birmingham
- Baskerville School Special schools
- Beaufort School Academies
- Braidwood School for the Deaf Special schools
- Brays School Academies
- Calthorpe Academy Academies
- Castlewood School Academies
- Cherry Oak School Special schools
- City of Birmingham School Local authority maintained schools
- East Birmingham Network Academy Free Schools
- Ebn Academy 2 Free Schools
- Everything Education School Special schools
- Forest Oak School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Fox Hollies School teach?
- Fox Hollies School teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a special school in Birmingham.
- Who is the headteacher of Fox Hollies School?
- The headteacher of Fox Hollies School is Mrs Sinead Davies, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Fox Hollies School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Fox Hollies School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Fox Hollies School?
- Fox Hollies School has 116 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Fox Hollies School full?
- Fox Hollies School has capacity for 102 pupils and 116 on roll (114%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Fox Hollies School a faith school?
- No. Fox Hollies School has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Fox Hollies School?
- Fox Hollies School is part of Birmingham Special Schools Trust. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Fox Hollies School have?
- The schools register lists Fox Hollies School's special educational needs provision as: SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Fox Hollies School's absence rate?
- Fox Hollies School's overall absence rate is 10.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Fox Hollies School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Fox Hollies School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 13 August 2026.