The Old Park School

Type Special School / Community special school
Age Range 4-19
Religion Does not apply
Address Thorns Road
Brierley Hill
West Midlands
DY5 2JY
Phone 01384818905
Reference Number 103880

General Makeup

Number of pupils 152
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 69.74%
Girls: 30.26%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 45.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 24.3%

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 3 5 8
2 3 2 5
3 5 1 6
4 10 4 14
5 13 6 19
6 11 3 14
7 11 2 13
8 7 6 13
9 9 8 17
10 8 1 9
11 4 3 7
12 7 3 10
13 4 1 5

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 56.6%
Pakistani 23.7%
African 5.3%
Chinese 2.6%
White & Asian 2%
Indian 2%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.3%
Mixed, Other 1.3%
White, Other 0.7%
White & Black (African) 0.7%
Caribbean 0.7%
Asian, Other 0.7%

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
Last Inspection Date 2024-06-14
Date Description Report
2024-05-08 School inspection School inspection
2018-11-21 Short inspection Short inspection
2013-09-25 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-09-21 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2007-12-04 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2005-11-21 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2005-06-08 Inspection Inspection
2004-03-15 Full inspection Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
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Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -1.9 Unlock Unlock
Writing -1.3 Unlock Unlock
Maths -2.1 Unlock Unlock

How many students meet the standards

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Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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0.73 miles
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0.76 miles
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0.76 miles
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0.83 miles
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0.89 miles
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1.43 miles
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1.29 miles
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2.08 miles
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2.52 miles
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2.52 miles
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2.72 miles
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2.75 miles
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2.79 miles
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