Beaufort School
Stechford Road, Hodge Hill, Birmingham, B34 6BJ
This school is open but due to close.
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Executive Head Teacher
- Mr Tyla Owen
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Federation
- The Federation of Beaufort School and Langley School
- SEN provision
- HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, PD - Physical Disability, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 94
- Pupils on roll
- 83
- URN
- 103627
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01216758500
About this school
Beaufort School is a community special school in Birmingham. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 83 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Inadequate
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Early years
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding
- Not effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: special measures.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 14 | 16 | 17 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -8.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -7.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -7.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Beaufort 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 | Birmingham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 55.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 18.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 13.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 15% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 96 |
| 2023/24 | 95 |
| 2024/25 | 92 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 67.03%
- English as an additional language
- 31.5%
- Overall absence
- 14.99%
- Persistent absence
- 39.53%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Riverside Education0.6 miles
Independent schools · Birmingham
-
Blackwater Academy0.6 miles
Independent schools · Birmingham
-
Braidwood School for the Deaf0.8 miles
Special schools · Birmingham
-
Heart of Birmingham Vocational College1.1 miles
Other types · Birmingham
-
Kitts Green Academy1.3 miles
Academies · 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 Beaufort School teach?
- Beaufort School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a special school in Birmingham.
- Who is the executive head teacher of Beaufort School?
- The executive head teacher of Beaufort School is Mr Tyla Owen, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Beaufort School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Beaufort 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 Beaufort School?
- Beaufort School has 83 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Beaufort School a faith school?
- No. Beaufort School has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Beaufort School?
- Beaufort School is part of the The Federation of Beaufort School and Langley School federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Beaufort School have?
- The schools register lists Beaufort School's special educational needs provision as: HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; PD - Physical Disability; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Beaufort School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Beaufort School's absence rate?
- Beaufort School's overall absence rate is 15% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Beaufort School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Beaufort 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 29 June 2026.