Chadsgrove Educational Trust Specialist College, Bromsgrove

Ofsted's report card from its 21 April 2026 inspection grades Chadsgrove Educational Trust Specialist College on 5 areas: 3 strong standard and 2 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders have an ambitious inclusion strategy."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders drive curriculum improvement through systematic reflection and external collaboration."

Achievement - Strong standard. "Students significantly exceed their targets in their education, health, and care plans and make considerable progress."

Participation and development - Strong standard. "Tutors skilfully embed fundamental British values throughout college life, enabling students to appreciate diverse cultures and the importance of respecting differences."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders design curriculum content carefully to prepare students for adulthood and independent living."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to work with new tutors to ensure that teaching is well planned and delivered, so that students benefit from the highest quality teaching and learning"; "Leaders should continue to develop career advice and guidance to ensure all students have a detailed progression plan in place and experience extensive work experience opportunities, in order to have a transformative impact as they progress into adulthood"; "Leaders should continue to be highly ambitious for their students through developing future projects that support students in acting as advocates for themselves, further raising the profile of the barriers faced by students with high needs in their communities".

In its own words: "To create a place where students thrive; maximising both their physical and emotional health in an environment where they feel, safe, happy and confident to learn; fostering life skills, communication and independence to enable them to have an active voice and become more independent in adulthood."

The nearest other special schools to Chadsgrove Educational Trust Specialist College are Chadsgrove School (under 0.1 miles); Rigby Hall Day Special School (2.5 miles, Requires improvement); Lokrum Fields (3.7 miles); and Sunfield Garden School and Children's Home (4.5 miles, Good).

The nearest railway station is Bromsgrove Rail Station, about 2.9 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Chadsgrove School (opposite), 50 metres away.