Schools with visual impairment provision in Birmingham

Blind and partially sighted pupils, with qualified teachers of the visually impaired, braille and mobility training. Birmingham has 3 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for visual impairment and 3 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (3)

Pupils have a specialist base and staff inside an ordinary school. Places are separate from the school's main admissions and normally need an EHC plan.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
World's End Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	3-7	Birmingham	–	Good 2023	6
World's End Junior SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	7-11	Birmingham	10	Good 2023	44
Plantsbrook SchoolSecondary school	Resourced provision	11-18	Sutton Coldfield	–	Not inspected	73

Special schools (3)

Special schools take pupils with an education, health and care plan; the council names the school in the plan. Many cater for several needs.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
Brays SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties	Special school	2-11	Birmingham	93 pupils	Not inspected	–
Priestley Smith SchoolSpecial school	Special school	2-19	Birmingham	94 pupils	Not inspected	–
Queen Alexandra CollegeSpecial school · also autism, other needs, severe learning difficulties	Special school	16-25	Birmingham	– pupils	Not inspected	–

Other councils All schools in Birmingham

Other needs

Autism Speech, language and communication Social, emotional and mental health Moderate learning difficulties Severe learning difficulties Profound and multiple learning difficulties Hearing impairment Multi-sensory impairment Physical disability Specific learning difficulties Other needs

How to read this

The list comes from the Department for Education's register of schools (Get Information about Schools), which records the type of SEN provision each school has and how many pupils are in a resourced provision or SEN unit. Resourced provision means extra staff and funding for a group of pupils who spend most of their time in ordinary classes. A SEN unit is a separate class within the school. Both need a place agreed by the council through an education, health and care plan; ask the council's SEND team, not the school's admissions office. The register is only as good as what schools report, so check with the school before relying on it.