Priestley Smith School is a school located in Birmingham. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are outstanding. The school inspection was carried out on 29/01/2015. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 9.3%, which is 5.3 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Perry Beeches Campus, Birmingham, B42 2PY
Website:
Telephone: 01213253900
School Type: Community special school
Education phase: Not applicable
Local authority: Birmingham
Headteacher / Principal: Miss Helen Porter
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 103614

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 29/01/2015

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 2 - 19
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity:
Number of Pupils: 89
Number of Boys: 50
Number of Girls: 39

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 9.3% 4%
Persistent absence: 33.9% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Below Average: -4.9 Confidence interval -9 to -0.9
Writing
Well Below Average: -7 Confidence interval -10.7 to -3.3
Maths
Well Below Average: -7.7 Confidence interval -11.2 to -4.2

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:0%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:0%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:97
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:90
England Average:105

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -1.1 Confidence interval -2.05 to -0.15
Of the 7 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 7 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:0%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:83%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:0%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:13.8
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:1.02
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Perry Beeches Nursery School
256 Beeches Road , Great Barr B42 2PX 		3out of 4 118 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Goodway Nursery School
5 Goodway Road , Great Barr B44 8RL 		3out of 4 1,522 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Beeches Junior School
Beeches Road , Great Barr B42 2PY 		3out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Beeches Infant School
Beeches Road , B42 2PY 		3out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Glenmead Primary School
Glenmead Road , B44 8UQ 		2out of 4 587 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Barr View Primary & Nursery Academy
Aldridge Road , Great Barr B44 8NT 		3out of 4 622 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Calshot Primary School
Calshot Road , Great Barr B42 2BY 		3out of 4 744 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Arena Academy
Beeches Road , B42 2PY 		1out of 4 47 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Fortis Academy
Aldridge Road , Great Barr B44 8NU 		2out of 4 748 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School
Old Oscott Hill , Kingstanding B44 9SR 		3out of 4 1,701 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
North Birmingham Academy
395 College Road , B44 0HF 		3out of 4 2,321 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Prince Albert High School
115 Holford Drive , Perry Barr B42 2TU 		- not rated 2,571 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Priestley Smith School
Perry Beeches Campus , Beeches Road B42 2PY 		4out of 4 0 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
Oscott Manor School
Old Oscott Hill , Kingstanding B44 9SP 		3out of 4 1,403 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
TLG North Birmingham
Six Ten Youth & Community Centre , 610 Kingstanding Road B44 9SH 		- not rated 1,870 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Oscott Academy
St Martins's Church Centre , 140 Witton Lodge Road B23 5AP 		- not rated 3,058 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
The Bridge School
Coppice View Road , Sutton Coldfield B73 6UE 		3out of 4 3,094 yd Academy special converter Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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