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Baskerville School

Foundation special school · Mixed · Birmingham

Fellows Lane, Birmingham, B17 9TS

Website 01214273191

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headline score

Ranking (England)

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No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Good

No graded inspection

Application demand

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No council data

Attendance

87.1%

35.0% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

179

Capacity used

Nearly full

95%

188 places

GCSE rank (England)

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KS2 rank (England)

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Details

Type
Foundation special school
Age range
11–19
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
Yes
Headteacher
Gary Edmunds
Address
Fellows Lane, Harborne, Birmingham, B17 9TS
Phone
01214273191
Local authority
Birmingham
Ward / constituency
Harborne · Birmingham Edgbaston
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
103606

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals39%——
English as additional language14%——
SEN support0%——
84% boys (151)16% girls (28)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

Academy trust: Birmingham Special Schools Trust

179 pupils · 188 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 22

    15 June 2022

    Ungraded inspection

    School remains Good
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Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 120 pupils

Attendance

87.1%

Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%

Overall absence

12.9%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%

Persistent absence

35.0%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%

Severe absence

5.8%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

3.7%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

13%
20/21
33%
21/22
28%
22/23
31%
23/24
35%
24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

GCSE results over time

420190.920222.620232.420240.52025

Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Attainment 80.546
Grade 5+ English & maths0%46%
Grade 4+ English & maths0%65%
Entering EBacc0%40%
EBacc average point score0.044.1
Pupils in cohort24—

How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)

Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.

Disadvantaged pupils
-1.69
Other pupils
-1.64
Low prior attainers
-1.59
Boys
-1.67

Results by subject

Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.

GCSE

Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.

SubjectEntriesGrade 7+Grade 5+Grade 4+
Mathematics20%0%0%

Oxbridge

No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.

House prices near the school

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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.