Lindsworth School
Monyhull Hall Road, Kings Norton, Birmingham, B30 3QA
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 8 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Executive Headteacher
- Mrs Kathryn Beale
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Birmingham Selly Oak
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 160
- Pupils on roll
- 149
- URN
- 103632
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01216935363
About this school
Lindsworth School is a community special school in Birmingham. It teaches children aged 8 to 16 and has 149 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Lindsworth School, and its latest judgement is set out 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 15% | 15% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 8% | 46% | 54% |
| Expected standard in maths | 8% | 15% | 15% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 15% | 15% | 31% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 92.0 | 98.0 | 99.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 91.0 | 95.0 | 93.0 |
| Reading progress | - | - | - |
| Writing progress | -11.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.60 | - | - |
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.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 21 | 21 | 22 |
| Attainment 8 score | 6.6 | 5.1 | 3.1 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.41 -2.15 to -0.67 | -1.73 -2.39 to -1.08 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 5% | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
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 Lindsworth 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 | 15% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 15% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Birmingham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.6 | 40.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 5.1 | 40.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 3.1 | 40.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 33.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 34.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 34% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 130 |
| 2023/24 | 137 |
| 2024/25 | 131 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 91.6%
- English as an additional language
- 2.3%
- Overall absence
- 34%
- Persistent absence
- 69.92%
Location
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-
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Reach School2.0 miles
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- Castlewood School Academies
- Cherry Oak School Special schools
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- East Birmingham Network Academy Free Schools
- Ebn Academy 2 Free Schools
- Everything Education School Special schools
Common questions
- What ages does Lindsworth School teach?
- Lindsworth School teaches children aged 8 to 16. It is a special school in Birmingham.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Lindsworth School?
- The executive headteacher of Lindsworth School is Mrs Kathryn Beale, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Lindsworth School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lindsworth 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 many pupils are at Lindsworth School?
- Lindsworth School has 149 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 8 to 16.
- Is Lindsworth School full?
- Lindsworth School has capacity for 160 pupils and 149 on roll (93%), so it has space against 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 Lindsworth School a faith school?
- No. Lindsworth School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Lindsworth School have?
- The schools register lists Lindsworth School's special educational needs provision as: SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Lindsworth 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 15% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Lindsworth School's absence rate?
- Lindsworth School's overall absence rate is 34% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lindsworth School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lindsworth 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.