Queensbury School
Wood End Road, Birmingham, B24 8BL
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- EDUCATION IMPACT ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Christopher Wilson
- Sponsor
- Education Impact Academy Trust
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Birmingham Erdington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 346
- Pupils on roll
- 372
- URN
- 146858
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01213735731
About this school
Queensbury School is a special academy in Birmingham. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 372 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 37 | 38 | 36 |
| Attainment 8 score | 6.5 | 11.0 | 6.7 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.20 -1.68 to -0.73 | -0.71 -1.20 to -0.22 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 2.6% | 2.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 |
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 Queensbury 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 | 6.5 | 40.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 11 | 40.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 6.7 | 40.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 13.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 267 |
| 2023/24 | 306 |
| 2024/25 | 348 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 68.94%
- English as an additional language
- 24.7%
- Overall absence
- 11.41%
- Persistent absence
- 34.87%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Oscott Manor School0.5 miles
Academies · Birmingham
-
Imedia School0.6 miles
Independent schools
-
New Horizon Academy0.7 miles
Special schools · Birmingham
-
Highclare School0.8 miles
Independent schools · West Midlands
-
Spring Hill High School0.9 miles
Special schools · Birmingham
Other schools in Birmingham
- Baskerville School Special schools
- Beaufort 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
Common questions
- What year groups does Queensbury School teach?
- Queensbury School teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a special school in Birmingham.
- Who is the headteacher of Queensbury School?
- The headteacher of Queensbury School is Mr Christopher Wilson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Queensbury School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Queensbury 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 Queensbury School?
- Queensbury School has 372 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Queensbury School full?
- Queensbury School has capacity for 346 pupils and 372 on roll (108%), 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 Queensbury School a faith school?
- No. Queensbury School has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Queensbury School?
- Queensbury School is part of EDUCATION IMPACT ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Queensbury School have?
- The schools register lists Queensbury School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Queensbury School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 6.5 in 2022/23 and 6.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Queensbury School's absence rate?
- Queensbury School's overall absence rate is 11.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Queensbury School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Queensbury 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 10 July 2026.