Bescot Hall
Bescot Hall is an independent special school in Walsall for boys and girls aged 8 to 16. It has 45 pupils and room for 72.
Scarborough Road, Walsall, WS2 9TY01922 661280witherslackgroup.co.uk/our-locations/our-schools/bescot-hall-schoolMr Shane Rowe headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2024: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Walsall council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 45 | 23 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Walsall E-ACT Academy | Academy | 700 m | 1,186 | Good 2023 | 45 | Compare |
| Alumwell Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 780 m | 131 | Outstanding 2023 | – | Compare |
| Emmanuel School | Independent | 790 m | 77 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Abu Bakr Al-Ihsaan Academy | Independent | 790 m | 157 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Alumwell Infant School | Council | 820 m | 267 | Good 2024 | 10 | Compare |
| Alumwell Junior School | Council | 820 m | 360 | Good 2023 | 16 | Compare |
| Hillary Primary School | Academy | 830 m | 675 | Requires improvement 2023 | – | Compare |
| Reedswood E-ACT Academy | Academy | 0.6 miles | 478 | Report card 2026 | 94 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Bescot Hall a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Bescot Hall yet.
How many pupils does Bescot Hall have?
45 pupils aged 8 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 72 places, so it is 63% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Scarborough Road, Walsall, WS2 9TY
- Telephone
- 01922 661280
- Website
- www.witherslackgroup.co.uk/our-locations/our-schools/bescot-hall-school
- Headteacher
- Mr Shane Rowe
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 8-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Ward
- Pleck
- Constituency
- Walsall and Bloxwich
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 30 April 2024 (new provision)
- URN
- 150618 · LAESTAB 3356005 · UKPRN 10097507
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.