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James Brindley School

Special schoolAges 2–19AcademySixth form

Birmingham, B15 2AF · Birmingham local authority

Birmingham’s School Grade B better than 55% of towns in England

How full
104 pupils
19% of its 557 places
Free school meals
51%
51 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about James Brindley School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 104 pupils for 557 places
  • 51% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, June 2022 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (B15 2) sold for a median £230,000; Birmingham’s is £225,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

120 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
16.7%England 15.3%
EHC plan
83.3%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
2.5%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
59.6%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 38%Boys 63%
Its letter

No letter for James Brindley School

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, June 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near James Brindley School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in B15 2, the school’s postcode sector

Birmingham property prices →
£230,000
median sale, 173 sales in 36 months · Birmingham £225,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K2010201520202025B15 2Birmingham
B15 2Birmingham

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£1.1M
Semi-detached
£718K
Terraced
£365K
Flat
£177K
B15 2Birmingham

Homes in B15 2 sell for about the same as Birmingham’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

30 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNC+BB+B−C+CAA−CBA+B−B+B−DA−AA+B−DCBDBC−C−DC−James Brindley School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Birmingham, B15 2AF

James Brindley School: common questions

What is James Brindley School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (June 2022).

How much do houses cost near James Brindley School?

Homes in its postcode sector, B15 2, sold for a median £230,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (173 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Birmingham’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.