Aspire Ap School, Birmingham
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 1 year agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Aspire Ap School excels at transforming the lives of young people who have struggled in mainstream education. The school's caring staff build trust with pupils through warm relationships and strong pastoral support, helping them feel valued and safe. Pupils benefit from a well-designed curriculum with a particular strength in reading, plus enrichment activities like residential visits and trips that develop independence and broaden their experiences.
Key Strengths
- Caring, supportive staff build strong relationships with pupils, helping them re-engage with education and transform their attitudes to learning
- Reading is prioritised across the school with daily practice in fluency and comprehension, supported by high-quality age-appropriate books
- Strong personal, social and health education programme that prepares pupils well for British society, with excellent pastoral support
- Effective behaviour support system with pupils highly motivated to earn behaviour points and contribute to whole school rewards
- Ambitious, well-organised curriculum with thorough assessments to identify gaps in prior learning
Areas for Improvement
- In some subjects, the important knowledge, skills and vocabulary pupils need to learn are not clearly set out in the curriculum
- Teachers' checks on pupils' learning are not always sharp enough, meaning tasks are not sufficiently matched to individual learning needs and misconceptions are sometimes missed
- Targets for pupils with SEND are not written with enough precision, affecting how well teachers can adapt lessons to help these pupils achieve
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective and the school creates an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts pupils' interests first.
Extracurricular Activities
Residential visits, trips out of school, life skills development, careers advice and education
Aspire Ap School is an independent day school for pupils aged 11 to 16 who are at risk of or have experienced permanent exclusion and/or have social, emotional and mental health issues. The school provides a life-changing experience for most pupils who have had negative experiences of education.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
73%
Available places
11 pupils
15 capacity
4 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Birmingham
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Admissions Demand - Birmingham
Places available
15,089
Applications
14,943
Got 1st preference
73.6%
Got preferred school
96.8%
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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Aspire Ap School
Hall Green Infant School
Hall Green Junior School
Yorkmead Junior and Infant School
Lakey Lane Primary School
St Ambrose Barlow Catholic Primary School
St Bernard's Catholic Primary School
Robin Hood Academy
Yarnfield Primary School
Springfield Primary Academy
Severne Junior Infant and Nursery School
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