Coombswood Special School, Halesowen
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 1 year agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Coombswood Special School excels at personalising education for each pupil, carefully matching learning activities to individual needs and abilities. Teachers are well-trained with secure subject knowledge and make excellent use of specialist resources and equipment. The school has a thoughtful, sequenced curriculum that builds pupils' knowledge over time and includes detailed guidance for adapting lessons to support different needs.
Key Strengths
- Detailed curriculum schemes of work with precise guidance on how to adapt lessons for pupils with specific needs such as sensory difficulties
- Highly personalised learning activities carefully tailored to each pupil's individual needs and education, health and care plan targets
- Teachers demonstrate secure subject knowledge and make effective use of high-quality resources to support pupils' special education needs
- Pupils achieve well and take great care with their work across the curriculum, with high expectations leading to successful outcomes
- Effective system for checking how well pupils learn the curriculum, with teachers making checks in every lesson and using this information to enhance provision
Safeguarding
No safeguarding information was evaluated in this progress monitoring inspection, which focused on curriculum and leadership standards only.
Coombswood Special School is an independent special school for pupils aged 11-16 with social, emotional and mental health needs and autistic spectrum conditions. The school met all independent school standards checked during this inspection.
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
66%
Available places
33 pupils
50 capacity
17 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Halesowen
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Admissions Demand - Dudley
Places available
3,770
Applications
3,731
Got 1st preference
83.9%
Got preferred school
97.1%
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SEN Provision
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Feeder Primary Schools
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