West Midlands Education and Skills
West Midlands Education and Skills is an independent special school in for boys and girls aged 9 to 25. It has 45 pupils, 5 more than it has places for.
Blue Lane East, Walsall, WS2 8HN01922 643303westmidlandseducationandskills.co.ukMiss Kelsey Abraham headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
11 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. That usually means the year group was too small to publish without identifying 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 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 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 45 | 35 | 39 | 21 | 24 | 34 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 97% |
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 Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall | Roman Catholic | 40 m | 223 | Report card 2026 | 31 | Compare |
| Walsall College | Further education | 250 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Birchills Church of England Community Academy | Academy | 400 m | 442 | Good 2024 | 8 | Compare |
| Croft Academy | Academy | 470 m | 246 | No overall grade 2024 | 77 | Compare |
| Butts Primary School | Council | 650 m | 241 | Good 2024 | 66 | Compare |
| Queen Mary's High School | Academy (grammar) | 700 m | 949 | Report card 2026 | 96 | Compare |
| Emmanuel School | Independent | 700 m | 77 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Walsall Studio School | Studio schools | 820 m | 206 | No overall grade 2025 | 4 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is West Midlands Education and Skills a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score West Midlands Education and Skills yet.
How many pupils does West Midlands Education and Skills have?
45 pupils aged 9 to 25 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 40 places, so it is 113% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Blue Lane East, Walsall, WS2 8HN
- Telephone
- 01922 643303
- Website
- www.westmidlandseducationandskills.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Miss Kelsey Abraham
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 9-25
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Ward
- Birchills Leamore
- Constituency
- Walsall and Bloxwich
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 3 July 2019 (new provision)
- URN
- 146563 · LAESTAB 3356044 · UKPRN 10084361
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.