City of Birmingham School
City of Birmingham School is a pupil referral unit in Birmingham for boys and girls aged 5 to 16. It has 431 pupils and room for 440. About 72 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2024, no overall grade.
14 Court Road, Birmingham, B11 4LX0121 303 0272cityofbirminghamschool.comMr Steve Howell head teacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 1 October 2024, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.
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 Birmingham council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (270), Autistic spectrum disorder (21), language and communications needs (7), Moderate learning difficulty (4), Hearing impairment (1), Severe learning difficulty (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 431 | 480 | 412 | 351 | 300 | 370 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 72% | 65% | 70% | 71% | 66% | 74% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 11% | 8% | 7% | 9% | 9% | 7% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 97% | 98% | 94% | 94% | 93% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 3% | 2% | 6% | 6% | 7% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 103 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 33%, compared with 40% for everyone else.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 34% | 35% | 37% |
| Education | 31% | 31% | 30% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 1% | 1% |
| Work | 1% | 3% | 6% |
| Not in education, work or training | 33% | 31% | 36% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St John's CofE Primary School | Academy | 110 m | 451 | No overall grade 2025 | 32 | Compare |
| English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 120 m | 295 | Good 2023 | 56 | Compare |
| Arden Primary School | Council | 560 m | 692 | Good 2024 | 81 | Compare |
| Greet Primary School | Academy | 590 m | 704 | No overall grade 2024 | 20 | Compare |
| Anderton Park Primary School | Council | 690 m | 415 | Good 2023 | 36 | Compare |
| Ark Boulton Academy | Academy | 790 m | 877 | Report card 2026 | 47 | Compare |
| Springfield Primary Academy | Academy | 810 m | 443 | Good 2023 | 44 | Compare |
| Green Oak Academy | Independent | 890 m | 74 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is City of Birmingham School a good school?
City of Birmingham School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it not judged at its last inspection in October 2024.
What is City of Birmingham School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated City of Birmingham School not judged at its last full inspection on 1 October 2024.
How many pupils does City of Birmingham School have?
431 pupils aged 5 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 440 places, so it is 98% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 14 Court Road, Birmingham, B11 4LX
- Telephone
- 0121 303 0272
- Website
- www.cityofbirminghamschool.com
- Head Teacher
- Mr Steve Howell
- Type of school
- Pupil referral unit (Pupil referral unit, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 5-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Ward
- Sparkhill
- Constituency
- Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 103146 · LAESTAB 3301100 · UKPRN 10017196
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.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- 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.