Coombswood Special School
Coombswood Special School is an independent special school in Halesowen for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 33 pupils and room for 50.
Laborem Place, Halesowen, B62 8BH0121 573 0544coombswoodschool.comMrs Charlotte Alton headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2023: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
1 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
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 Dudley 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 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 33 | 26 | 12 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highfields Primary School | Council | 480 m | 403 | Good 2024 | 26 | Compare |
| Olive Hill Primary Academy | Academy | 850 m | 454 | Report card 2026 | 59 | Compare |
| Temple Meadow Primary School | Foundation | 0.7 miles | 418 | Good 2023 | 13 | Compare |
| Halesbury School | Foundation special school | 0.7 miles | 174 | Report card 2026 | – | Compare |
| Halesowen College | Further education | 0.8 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Newfield Park Primary Academy | Academy | 0.8 miles | 472 | Good 2021 | 84 | Compare |
| Hurst Green Primary School | Council | 0.8 miles | 420 | Good 2023 | 36 | Compare |
| Blackheath Primary School | Council | 0.9 miles | 456 | Report card 2026 | 35 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Coombswood Special School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Coombswood Special School yet.
How many pupils does Coombswood Special School have?
33 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 50 places, so it is 66% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Laborem Place, Halesowen, B62 8BH
- Telephone
- 0121 573 0544
- Website
- www.coombswoodschool.com
- Headteacher
- Mrs Charlotte Alton
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Dudley
- Ward
- Halesowen North
- Constituency
- Halesowen
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 11 October 2023 (new provision)
- URN
- 150053 · LAESTAB 3326014
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
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.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- 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.