Birchensale Middle School

 

Contact Details

Address:
 Bridley Moor Road
 Redditch
 Worcestershire B97 6HT
Telephone: 01527 68430

School Type

Phase: Primary, Middle and Secondary (ages 9-13)
Type: Converter Academy
Religious Denomination: None
Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Established: 2019
History: This school arose from Birchensale Middle School
Trust: Bordesley Multi-Academy Trust

Staff and Pupils

Headteacher: Mrs Emma James (since April 2023)
Previous Headteacher: Peter Clifton
Numbers of Teachers / Assistants*: 33.6 / 14.01
Non-teaching Staff*: 37.32
Number of pupils: 535
Pupils Per Teacher: 15.9
Sex: Mixed (51% boys / 49% girls)
Eligible for free school meals (FSM): 37.00% (high)
FSM pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 21.3%
Local child deprivation rate: 12.1% (4km radius)
Proportion of ethnic minority pupils: 36.1%
Ethnic minority pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 39.7%
Distance to 10th nearest school†: 2.2km
* Full-time equivalents (FTEs)
† Schools of the same phase (primary or secondary) for which data are available

Location and Administration

Authority: Worcestershire
Constituency: Redditch
Electoral Ward: Batchley and Brockhill
School Number: 8854418

Inspections and Reports

Ofsted Report: 17th September 2025 (view record)

External Links

DfE Record: View record
School Performance Table: View record
The Schools Guide: School indicators | Staff indicators
 
 

Nearby Schools

  1. Holyoakes Field First School (0.7km) show on map
  2. Pitcheroak School (0.7km) show on map
  3. Batchley First and Nursery School (0.7km) show on map
  4. Heart of Worcestershire College (1.0km) show on map
  5. Trinity High School and Sixth Form Centre (1.2km) show on map
  6. St Stephen's CofE First School (1.5km) show on map
  7. St Luke's CofE First School (1.5km) show on map
  8. The Forge Secondary Short Stay School (1.6km) show on map
  9. St George's CofE First School and Nursery (1.7km) show on map
  10. Webheath Academy Primary School (1.7km) show on map
  11. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic First School (1.7km) show on map
  12. St Bede's Catholic Middle School (1.9km) show on map
  13. Oak Hill First School (2.2km) show on map
  14. Walkwood Church of England Middle School (2.2km) show on map
  15. The Vaynor First School (2.3km) show on map
  16. Woodfield Academy (2.5km) show on map
  17. Crabbs Cross Academy (3.2km) show on map
  18. Moons Moat First School (3.4km) show on map
  19. Abbeywood First School (3.5km) show on map
  20. Church Hill Middle School (3.5km) show on map
  21. St Thomas More Catholic First School (3.5km) show on map
  22. Woodrow First School (3.6km) show on map
  23. The Beacon Primary Pupil Referral Unit (3.6km) show on map
  24. Arrow Valley First School (3.7km) show on map
  25. Tardebigge CofE First School (3.9km) show on map
  26. Arrow Vale High School (4.0km) show on map
  27. Ipsley CofE Middle School (4.0km) show on map
  28. Kingfisher School (4.1km) show on map
  29. St Augustine's Catholic High School (4.2km) show on map
  30. Tudor Grange Academy Redditch (4.2km) show on map
  31. Matchborough First School Academy (4.3km) show on map
  32. Tenacres First School (4.4km) show on map
  33. Beoley First School (4.4km) show on map
  34. Your Ideas School (4.6km) show on map
  35. Astwood Bank Primary School (5.1km) show on map
  36. Crown Meadow First School & Nursery (5.1km) show on map
  37. Alvechurch CofE Middle School (5.1km) show on map
  38. Chestnut Place (5.3km) show on map
  39. Mappleborough Green CofE Primary School (5.4km) show on map
  40. Studley Infants' School (5.6km) show on map
  41. Studley High School (5.7km) show on map
  42. St Mary's Catholic Primary School (5.7km) show on map
  43. Studley St Mary's CofE Academy (6.1km) show on map
  44. Ridgeway Secondary School (6.2km) show on map
  45. Feckenham CofE Primary School (6.2km) show on map
  46. Blackwell First School (6.3km) show on map
  47. Rigby Hall Day Special School (6.4km) show on map
  48. Lokrum Fields (6.5km) show on map
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  51. Graduately Developing Futures (6.8km) show on map
  52. Finstall First School (7.0km) show on map
  53. Charford First School (7.4km) show on map
  54. North Bromsgrove High School (7.5km) show on map
  55. South Bromsgrove High (7.6km) show on map
  56. Bromsgrove School (7.6km) show on map
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  59. Meadows First School (8.0km) show on map
  60. St John's Church of England Middle School Academy (8.1km) show on map
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  65. Hanbury CofE First School (8.7km) show on map
  66. Coughton CofE Primary School (8.8km) show on map
  67. Meadow Green Primary School (8.9km) show on map
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  69. Cofton Primary School (9.1km) show on map
  70. New Ways School (9.2km) show on map
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  72. Catshill First School (9.3km) show on map
  73. Catshill Middle School (9.4km) show on map
  74. Chadsgrove Educational Trust Specialist College (9.4km) show on map
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  76. St John Fisher Catholic Primary School (9.5km) show on map
  77. Hawkesley Church Primary Academy (9.6km) show on map
  78. Albert Bradbeer Primary Academy (9.6km) show on map
  79. Rednal Hill Junior School (9.8km) show on map
  80. Rednal Hill Infant School (9.8km) show on map
  81. St Columba's Catholic Primary School (9.9km) show on map
  82. Turves Green Boys' School (10.0km) show on map
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  89. King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls (10.2km) show on map
  90. Inkberrow Primary School (10.2km) show on map
  91. St Paul's Catholic Primary School (10.3km) show on map
  92. Colmers School and Sixth Form College (10.3km) show on map
  93. Rubery Nursery School (10.3km) show on map
  94. Colmers Farm Primary School (10.3km) show on map
  95. West Heath Nursery School (10.4km) show on map
  96. Coppice Primary School (10.5km) show on map
  97. Waseley Hills High School (10.5km) show on map
  98. Tidbury Green School (10.6km) show on map
  99. Fairway Primary Academy (10.6km) show on map
  100. The Meadows Primary School (10.7km) show on map
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Associated Schools

Predecessor Schools†
* Other schools occupying the same site, or related to this one through splits or mergers
† Establishments now closed from which this school arose, or with which it has merged

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