Rigby Hall Day Special School
Rigby Lane, Aston Fields, Bromsgrove, B60 2EP
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 4 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Tracey Smith
- Constituency
- Bromsgrove
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 220
- Pupils on roll
- 224
- URN
- 117049
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01527875475
About this school
Rigby Hall Day Special School is a community special school in Bromsgrove. It teaches children aged 4 to 19 and has 224 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected 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 | 25 | 18 | 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 | 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 | -9.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -7.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -9.20 | - | - |
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 | 19 | 16 | 14 |
| Attainment 8 score | 0.6 | - | 0.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.80 -2.45 to -1.15 | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | - | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | - | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | - | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.1 | - | 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 Rigby Hall Day Special 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 | Worcestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 54.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 56.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Worcestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0.6 | 38.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | — | 37.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 0.6 | 36.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 203 |
| 2023/24 | 212 |
| 2024/25 | 215 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 36.92%
- English as an additional language
- 4.7%
- Overall absence
- 11.84%
- Persistent absence
- 31.18%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Bromsgrove School1.0 miles
Independent schools · Bromsgrove
-
Lokrum Fields1.4 miles
Special schools · Worcestershire
-
Chadsgrove School2.5 miles
Academies · Bromsgrove
-
Chadsgrove Educational Trust Specialist College2.5 miles
Other types · Bromsgrove
-
Pitcheroak School3.7 miles
Academies · Redditch
Other schools in Bromsgrove
- Chadsgrove Educational Trust Specialist College Other types
- Chadsgrove School Academies
- Blackwell First School Primary
- Catshill First School Primary
- Charford First School Primary
- Dodford First School Primary
- Fairfield First School Primary
- Finstall First School Primary
- Hanbury CofE First School Primary
- Lickey End First School Primary
- Meadows First School Primary
- Millfields First School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Rigby Hall Day Special School teach?
- Rigby Hall Day Special School teaches children aged 4 to 19. It is a special school in Bromsgrove.
- Who is the headteacher of Rigby Hall Day Special School?
- The headteacher of Rigby Hall Day Special School is Mrs Tracey Smith, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Rigby Hall Day Special School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Rigby Hall Day Special 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 Rigby Hall Day Special School?
- Rigby Hall Day Special School has 224 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 19.
- Is Rigby Hall Day Special School full?
- Rigby Hall Day Special School has capacity for 220 pupils and 224 on roll (102%), 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 Rigby Hall Day Special School a faith school?
- No. Rigby Hall Day Special School has no designated religious character.
- How have Rigby Hall Day Special 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 Rigby Hall Day Special School's absence rate?
- Rigby Hall Day Special School's overall absence rate is 11.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Rigby Hall Day Special School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Rigby Hall Day Special 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 30 June 2026.