Beaufort School, Birmingham
Data last updated 31 Aug 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Beaufort School excels at creating a welcoming, inclusive learning environment where pupils with complex needs thrive. The school uses innovative, tactile activities like the hydrotherapy pool and sensory areas to engage pupils and develop their communication skills. Staff go the extra mile to provide enriching experiences, including integration with mainstream classes and off-site visits, ensuring every pupil reaches their potential.
Key Strengths
- Excellent early years provision with highly skilled staff caring for and challenging young children with profound learning difficulties
- Strong inclusive partnerships with co-located mainstream primary school and federated special school, enabling pupils to integrate and access mainstream education
- Innovative and stimulating activities including hydrotherapy pool, sensory areas, art week, and music performances that engage pupils and improve communication
- Robust safeguarding procedures with vigilant staff and effective culture of safety throughout the school
- Pupils make rapid progress from their starting points, with most groups achieving very well
Areas for Improvement
- Extending best practice in communication and language skills development to all pupil groups, particularly those with autism spectrum needs
- Ensuring more consistent intervention and support across all groups to prevent some pupils becoming frustrated or disengaged
- Replicating the most effective teaching practices in a small number of focus groups where improvement is needed
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective with robust vetting procedures, vigilant staff, thorough risk assessments, and full compliance with Prevent duty training; parents are very happy with their children's safety and well-being.
Extracurricular Activities
Hydrotherapy pool, sensory areas, art week production, music and drama performances, woodland walks, visits to theatre, library and swimming pool, special cooking classes at Birmingham City kitchen, physical education and mathematics lessons at co-located mainstream primary school
Beaufort School continues to be outstanding, serving pupils with severe, profound and complex learning needs extremely well through a welcoming and positive learning community. The leadership team has maintained excellent quality education since the last inspection in 2012.
At a Glance
61.4%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, PD - Physical Disability
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
10 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 0%. Maths has remained stable at around 0%. Writing has remained stable at around 0%.
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
88%
Available places
83 pupils
94 capacity
11 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Birmingham
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Birmingham
Admissions Demand - Birmingham
Places available
15,089
Applications
14,943
Got 1st preference
73.6%
Got preferred school
96.8%
Secondary admissions across Birmingham (2025/26)
Inspection History(109)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Absence2024/25
14.98673%
Overall absence
39.53488%
Persistent absence
86
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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