Sutherland School

Special · ages 5-18MixedIndependentTamworth Staffordshire

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Sutherland School is an independent special school in Tamworth for boys and girls aged 5 to 18.

Hospital Street, Tamworth, B79 7EEVictoria Palmer headteacherAll details

Ofsted

Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2026: 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 Staffordshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll–

Places42

Pupils from low-income families–Get free school meals

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m91912 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences

Local crime rate168 per 1,000 people85% higher than the England average

Typical house price£245,000Tamworth

Nearest bus stop140 mBus Garage, 27 stops within 500 m

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.

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School	Type	Distance	Pupils	Ofsted	Score
Moorgate Primary Academy	Academy	60 m	310	Good 2023	52	Compare
Mortimer House School	Independent	530 m	19	Not inspected	–	Compare
Landau Forte Academy Tamworth Sixth Form	Academy 16 to 19 sponsor led	640 m	424	Not inspected	–	Compare
Landau Forte Academy, QEMS	Academy	650 m	1,029	Good 2022	70	Compare
Flax Hill Junior Academy	Academy	0.7 miles	294	Report card 2026	36	Compare
Kettlebrook Short Stay School	Pupil referral unit	0.7 miles	33	Good 2024	–	Compare
Ashcroft Infants' School	Council	0.8 miles	133	Report card 2026	75	Compare
William MacGregor Primary School	Academy	0.8 miles	210	Good 2023	34	Compare

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Questions parents ask

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How many pupils does Sutherland School have?

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Contact and details

Address: Hospital Street, Tamworth, B79 7EE
Headteacher: Victoria Palmer
Type of school: Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
Phase: Special school, ages 5-18
Gender: Mixed
Local authority: Staffordshire
Ward: Spital
Constituency: Tamworth
Setting: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened: 31 March 2026 (new provision)
URN: 152359 · LAESTAB 8606110

Official record Government performance tables Download this school's data (CSV)

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.
Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
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