Voluntary aided school · Primary
Birmingham · B29 6NU · Birmingham
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenOfsted: GoodURN 103626
Cherry Oak School
Community special school · Birmingham · B29 6PB
Ages 3–11 · 112 pupils · Birmingham
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
0%
Overall absence
8.0%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2024-03-05
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)0%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 83.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 87.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.0%
Persistent absence (10%+)26.4%
Unauthorised1.8%
- Authorised absence
- 6.1%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.9%
- Enrolments in measure
- 110
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill101%
112 pupils · 111 places
- Pupils on roll
- 112
- Boys / girls
- 76 / 36
- School capacity
- 111
- Capacity fill
- 112 / 111 (101%)
- Free school meals
- 57.1%
- FSM pupils
- 64
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community special school
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Community special school
- Federation
- The Federation of Cherry Oak School and Victoria School
- Headteacher
- Mr Gary Coffey
Location
- Address
- 60 Frederick Road, Selly Oak
- Postcode
- B29 6PB
- Town
- Birmingham
- County
- West Midlands
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- District
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Selly Oak
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
SEN & specialist provision
As recorded in GIAS — provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community special school, Ages 3–11, in Birmingham, Birmingham, 112 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, special school. Free school meals: 57.1%. SEN provision includes: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty.
Nearby schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Gary Coffey
- Telephone
- 01214642037