Uffculme School
Yew Tree Road, Birmingham, B13 8QGOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Uffculme School is a special school in Birmingham for ages 4 to 19. It is one of the 501 schools in Birmingham. Its latest Ofsted rating is Good, from an inspection in June 2019.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 12 June 2019, report published 10 July 2019
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years provision
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 22 October 2024
Pupils enjoy their time at Uffculme School. They are happy, feel safe and are eager to learn. The curriculum is designed to prepare pupils for life beyond the school. Many recent changes have improved the educational provision for pupils here. As a result, pupils achieve well. Positive and strong relationships lie at the heart of the school's work. Parents and carers, staff and pupils work well together. Staff have a secure understanding about the barriers to learning for pupils with autism spectrum condition. The school understands how behaviours are a form of communication. Staff have effective skills and knowledge to support the specific needs of pupils. Subsequently, pupils behave well in lessons, at breaktimes and across the school day. Pupils have a range of meaningful enrichment activities. These also support pupils' interests and talents, such as professional football mentorship and music lessons. Pupils have many opportunities to experience the wider world and their local community. For example, students in the sixth form learn how to prepare shopping lists, handle money and how to interact with employees at their local shop. Consequently, the school's mission of, 'for all young people at Uffculme to lead meaningful and enjoyable lives' is realised.
What the school should improve
- The school does not ensure that its approach to teaching reading in the secondary phase builds carefully on its approach in the primary phase. This means that as pupils move between the two key stages, they experience a disjointed approach to learning how to read. For some pupils, this slows down their learning. The school should revise its phonics programme, so that pupils can build on their prior knowledge as they move between key stages.
- On occasion, the school does not know how well its approaches to supporting pupils' behaviour are working. This means that, sometimes, the school is unclear how it can improve the quality of its work. The school should ensure that it knows the impact of its support for pupils' behaviour, so that it can find more clearly what further improvements it will make..
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
15 pupils took the tests
GCSE results (key stage 4), 2024/25
28 pupils in the year group
Pupil numbers and mix
309 pupils on roll, with places for 266
Schools near Uffculme School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Hollies School | 0.3 miles | Report card: Expected standard to strong standard | Not published |
| Red Boots School (National Institute of Conductive Education) | 0.6 miles | Report card: Expected standard to strong standard | Not published |
| New Perspectives School | 1 mile | Ofsted: Good | Not published |
| The Dame Ellen Pinsent School | 1 mile | Ofsted: Outstanding | 0% met the expected standard |
| St Paul's School | 1 mile | Ofsted: Requires improvement | Attainment 8: 1.6 |
School details
- School type
- Community special school
- Sector
- Local authority maintained
- Age range
- 4 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Charlotte Stubbs
- Phone
- 01214649634
- Address
- Yew Tree Road, Birmingham, B13 8QG
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- URN
- 103605
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.