Selly Oak Trust School
Foundation special school · Mixed · Birmingham
Oak Tree Lane, Birmingham, B29 6HZ
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
86.9%
34.8% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
400
Capacity used
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GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Foundation special school
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Rachel Stopher-Murray
- Address
- Oak Tree Lane, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 6HZ
- Phone
- 01214720876
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Ward / constituency
- Bournville & Cotteridge · Birmingham Selly Oak
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 103613
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 65% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 16% | — | — |
| SEN support | 0% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: The Real Life 4 Me Trust
400 pupils. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
16 November 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 302 pupils
Attendance
86.9%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
13.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
34.8%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
5.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.5%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils in cohort | 61 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2022/2023)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.