R.Y.A.N Education Academy Vocational Centre
R.Y.A.N Education Academy Vocational Centre is an independent special school in Birmingham for boys and girls aged 14 to 19. It has 8 pupils and room for 20.
YMCA Building, 301 Reservoir Road, Erdington, Birmingham, B23 6DF0776 754 6721Mrs Catherine Harris headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
3 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 Birmingham 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 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adderley Primary School | Council | 350 m | 328 | Good 2023 | 81 | Compare |
| The Rosary Catholic Primary School | Academy | 360 m | 342 | Good 2024 | 33 | Compare |
| Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form | Council | 410 m | 938 | Good 2022 | 81 | Compare |
| Parkfield Community School | Academy | 460 m | 656 | Outstanding 2023 | 74 | Compare |
| Adderley Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 600 m | 95 | Outstanding 2023 | – | Compare |
| Shaw Hill Primary School | Council | 760 m | 474 | Outstanding 2023 | 92 | Compare |
| St Saviour's C of E Primary School | Church of England | 790 m | 403 | Good 2020 | 79 | Compare |
| Wyndcliffe Primary School | Academy | 0.6 miles | 566 | Outstanding 2024 | 54 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is R.Y.A.N Education Academy Vocational Centre a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score R.Y.A.N Education Academy Vocational Centre yet.
How many pupils does R.Y.A.N Education Academy Vocational Centre have?
8 pupils aged 14 to 19 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 20 places, so it is 40% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- YMCA Building, 301 Reservoir Road, Erdington, Birmingham, B23 6DF
- Telephone
- 0776 754 6721
- Headteacher
- Mrs Catherine Harris
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 14-19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Ward
- Gravelly Hill
- Constituency
- Birmingham Erdington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 3 March 2023 (new provision)
- URN
- 149528 · LAESTAB 3306141
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.