Halesbury School
Feldon Lane, Halesowen, B62 9DR
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Foundation special school
- Ages
- 4 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- Peoples Field Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Amanda Appleby Payne
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Halesowen
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 117
- Pupils on roll
- 174
- URN
- 103881
- Local authority
- Dudley
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01384984000
About this school
Halesbury School is a foundation special school in Halesowen. It teaches children aged 4 to 19 and has 174 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
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 18 | 13 | 18 |
| 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 | 6% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 6% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | - | - |
| Reading progress | -5.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.30 | - | - |
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 | 6 | 13 | 8 |
| Attainment 8 score | 0.2 | 0.8 | 2.1 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.57 -2.70 to -0.44 | -1.75 -2.52 to -0.98 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
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 Halesbury 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 | Dudley average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 52.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 54.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Dudley average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0.2 | 35.3 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 0.8 | 34.4 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 2.1 | 34.8 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 165 |
| 2023/24 | 170 |
| 2024/25 | 174 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report10 March 2026
- 10 October 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 42.77%
- English as an additional language
- 10.3%
- Overall absence
- 10.14%
- Persistent absence
- 31.82%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Coombswood Special School0.7 miles
Special schools · Halesowen
-
The Primrose Centre1.4 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Rowley Regis
-
The Westminster School1.5 miles
Special schools · Rowley Regis
-
Al Khair Primary School1.5 miles
Independent schools · West Midlands
-
The Orchard School1.6 miles
Special schools · Oldbury
Other schools in Halesowen
- Coombswood Special School Special schools
- Caslon Primary Community School Primary
- Colley Lane Primary Academy Primary
- Cradley CofE Primary School Primary
- Halesowen CofE Primary School Primary
- Howley Grange Primary School Primary
- Huntingtree Primary School Primary
- Hurst Green Primary School Primary
- Lapal Primary School Primary
- Lutley Primary School Primary
- Manor Way Primary Academy Primary
- Newfield Park Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Halesbury School teach?
- Halesbury School teaches children aged 4 to 19. It is a special school in Halesowen.
- Who is the headteacher of Halesbury School?
- The headteacher of Halesbury School is Mrs Amanda Appleby Payne, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Halesbury School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Halesbury 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 Halesbury School?
- Halesbury School has 174 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 19.
- Is Halesbury School full?
- Halesbury School has capacity for 117 pupils and 174 on roll (149%), 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 Halesbury School a faith school?
- No. Halesbury School has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Halesbury School?
- Halesbury School is part of Peoples Field Trust. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Halesbury School have?
- The schools register lists Halesbury School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; PD - Physical Disability; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Halesbury 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 Halesbury School's absence rate?
- Halesbury School's overall absence rate is 10.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Halesbury School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Halesbury 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.