Your Ideas School
Your Ideas School is an independent special school in Redditch for boys and girls aged 5 to 11. It has 8 pupils and every place is taken.
Dilwyn Close, Redditch, B98 0BU0774 655 7291yourideas.schoolMrs Katie Sweeney headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2024: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Getting a place
Grammar school. This is a grammar school, so places depend on an entrance test.
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 Worcestershire 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 8 | 5 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matchborough First School Academy | Academy | 420 m | 335 | Good 2024 | 8 | Compare |
| Arrow Vale High School | Academy | 580 m | 843 | Not inspected | 12 | Compare |
| Kingfisher School | Academy | 740 m | 150 | Report card 2026 | – | Compare |
| Ipsley CofE Middle School | Academy | 790 m | 640 | Not inspected | 26 | Compare |
| Tenacres First School | Council | 830 m | 277 | Report card 2026 | 10 | Compare |
| Mappleborough Green CofE Primary School | Church of England | 0.6 miles | 116 | Report card 2026 | 85 | Compare |
| Arrow Valley First School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 137 | Good 2024 | 43 | Compare |
| Tudor Grange Academy Redditch | Academy | 1.2 miles | 435 | Report card 2026 | 10 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Your Ideas School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Your Ideas School yet.
How many pupils does Your Ideas School have?
8 pupils aged 5 to 11 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 8 places, so it is 100% full.
Does Your Ideas School have an entrance exam?
Yes. It is a grammar school, so places depend on an entrance test, usually sat in September of Year 6. Check the school's admissions page for the test dates and the pass mark.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Dilwyn Close, Redditch, B98 0BU
- Telephone
- 0774 655 7291
- Website
- www.yourideas.school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Katie Sweeney
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 5-11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Ward
- Matchborough & Woodrow
- Constituency
- Redditch
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 13 February 2024 (new provision)
- URN
- 150103 · LAESTAB 8856085
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.
- 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.