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High needs

Understand the data we use for high needs

This data covers the period 2024-2025 for section 251 data (s251).

The outturn includes place funding for pupils with special educational needs taught in academies. You can read about how we calculate this in the glossary.

  • High needs DSG allocation 2024/2025

    £283 million

  • Total high needs outturn 2024/2025

    £275 million

    97.3% of high needs DSG allocation

  • DSG surplus as at March 2025

    £55.3 million

    In March 2024 this was a surplus of £50.4 million

Benchmarking tools

Maintained schools

Data view

All values are shown as percentage of income.
Longwill A Primary School for Deaf Children 53 129% 78.9% -36.2%
Bellfield Infant School (NC) 159.5 120.9% 70.8% -20.6%
Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School 138 119.1% 64.6% -63.2%
King David Primary School 119 116.7% 72.1% -27.8%
Perry Beeches Nursery School 48 116.6% 70.9% 0.5%
Selly Oak Nursery School 35.5 112.9% 67.1% -4.1%
The Meadows Primary School

Only has 1 month of data

112.6% 72.6% 72.6%
Boldmere Infant School and Nursery 301 111.7% 85.6% -15.3%
St Laurence Church Junior School 359 111.1% 82.6% 2.3%
Penns Primary School 203 110% 80.1% -26.4%
World's End Infant and Nursery School 265.5 109.4% 74.9% -13.2%
Highters Heath Nursery School 43.5 109.3% 69.2% 12.8%
Whitehouse Common Primary School 441 109.1% 70.1% 10.5%
Bellfield Junior School 229 108.8% 66.5% -11.5%
Holte School 1127 108.1% 67% 26.1%
Marsh Hill Nursery School 67 108.1% 65.7% 51.2%
Beaufort School 83 107.6% 80.2% -25.9%
Lillian De Lissa Nursery School 43 107.6% 55.7% -74.4%
Wheelers Lane Technology College 674 107.4% 64.9% 18.2%
Highfield Nursery School 88 107.1% 53.4% 33.2%
Anglesey Primary School 649 107.1% 68.4% -5.2%
James Watt Primary School 404 106.8% 62.9% 10.7%
Park Hill Primary School 227 106.8% 71.9% -35.3%
Bloomsbury Nursery School 70.5 106.7% 46.3% 42.2%
Regents Park Community Primary School 387 106.7% 68.9% -2.1%
Hamilton School 196 106.6% 64.3% -8%
Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form 938 106.5% 72.3% 20%
Glenmead Primary School 263 105.9% 66.2% 10%
St Clare's Catholic Primary School

Only has 5 months of data

105.8% 80% 29.9%
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School 559 105.8% 70.9% 5%
Woodthorpe Junior and Infant School

Only has 5 months of data

105.8% 74.1% 3.5%
Featherstone Primary School 416 105.7% 73.4% 15.9%
St Edward's Catholic Primary School 373 105.6% 66.4% 9%
St Patrick and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School 292 105.4% 66.7% -29%
Allens Croft Nursery School 88.5 105.3% 75.2% -2.8%
Garretts Green Nursery School 54.5 104.6% 77.6% 14.7%
Kingsland Primary School (NC) 273 104.6% 71% 7.6%
Queensbridge School 916 104.3% 72.9% 6%
Cotteridge Primary School 431 104.3% 63.4% 9.8%
Weoley Castle Nursery School 107 104.2% 79.9% -18.5%
George Dixon Primary School 283 104.2% 62.3% -2.9%
Forestdale Primary School 195 104.2% 70.4% 11%
Bournville Village Primary 652 103.8% 74.5% -0.1%
Boldmere Junior School 379 103.7% 77.4% -2.9%
Moseley School and Sixth Form 1426 103.7% 71.6% 25.4%
Sundridge Primary School 148 103.7% 67.1% -2.2%
Fox Hollies School 116 103.5% 80.5% 22.4%
Harborne Primary School 800 103.4% 69.8% -12.2%
St Peters CofE Primary School 429.5 103.4% 69.4% -2.9%
Sladefield Infant School 266 103.1% 67.4% 3.9%
Our Lady and St Rose of Lima Catholic Primary School 232.5 103% 64.4% 11.7%
Chad Vale Primary School 415 103% 70.7% -13.8%
Raddlebarn Primary School 387 102.9% 71.4% -18.9%
Gunter Primary School 182 102.9% 72.4% -38.6%
Cofton Primary School 408 102.8% 69.5% -2.2%
City of Birmingham School 461 102.8% 53.2% 3.9%
Yardley Wood Community Primary School 441.5 102.8% 71.5% 8.7%
Broadmeadow Junior School

Only has 3 months of data

102.7% 73% 65.9%
Broadmeadow Infant School

Only has 3 months of data

102.7% 62.6% -60.2%
New Oscott Primary School

Only has 5 months of data

102.6% 58.1% -15.1%
Ward End Primary School 835.5 102.5% 65.9% 14%
St Anne's Catholic Primary School 192 102.5% 60.1% -8.4%
St James Church of England Primary School, Handsworth 409 102.5% 72.9% 14.1%
Colmore Infant and Nursery School 383 102.5% 73.5% 2.3%
New Hall Primary School 308 102.4% 60.1% 7.2%
St Margaret Mary RC Junior and Infant School 353 102.4% 75.3% -0.5%
Shenley Fields Nursery School 98 102.4% 80.3% 4.8%
Selly Oak Trust School 401 102.4% 64.5% -0.7%
Welford Primary School 391 102.3% 69.7% 10.6%
St Cuthbert's RC Junior and Infant (NC) School 215.5 102.2% 66.7% 8.7%
Beeches Infant School 249 102% 63.5% -6.4%
Minworth Junior and Infant School 204 101.9% 68.5% 9.3%
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School

Only has 5 months of data

101.9% 72.4% 7.3%
Nelson Mandela School 419.5 101.7% 66.3% 20.8%
Castle Vale Nursery School 92 101.7% 74.7% 13.7%
Hall Green Junior School 482 101.6% 60.3% 23.1%
St Mary's Catholic Primary School 418 101.3% 68.2% 4.9%
Walmley Infant School 315 101.3% 68.7% 2.7%
Somerville Primary (NC) School 694.5 101.3% 71.5% 6.1%
Grove School 587 101.1% 58.3% 19%
Blakesley Hall Primary School 462 101% 70.1% -36.2%
St John Wall Catholic School 598 101% 71.3% 5.7%
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School 212 100.9% 61.6% 18.1%
Stanville Primary School 217 100.9% 71.7% 8.2%
Colmore Junior School 475 100.8% 72.6% 5%
Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School 796 100.8% 69.6% 2.2%
St Laurence Church Infant School 254 100.8% 66.8% 10.7%
Maney Hill Primary School 421 100.7% 67.5% 9.3%
Thornton Primary School 473 100.6% 69.5% 9.2%
Bordesley Green East Nursery School 50 100.4% 74.3% -35.2%
William Murdoch Primary School 575 100.3% 60.2% 23.3%
Rednal Hill Infant School 244.5 100.3% 72.7% 15.3%
St Paul's School for Girls 1036 100.3% 74.2% 2.5%
Moseley Church of England Primary School 210 100.3% 55.3% -0.5%
Kitwell Primary School 174 100.3% 69.5% 22.6%
Washwood Heath Nursery School 68.5 100.3% 66.7% -25.6%
The Dame Ellen Pinsent School 158 100.3% 75.7% 13.5%
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School

Only has 5 months of data

100.3% 78.8% 1%
Wheelers Lane Primary School 636.5 100.2% 67.1% 10.3%
Shaw Hill Primary School 451.5 100.2% 70.3% 7.3%
Anderton Park Primary School 394.5 100.2% 63.9% 11.5%
Lyndon Green Infant School 239 100.2% 68.4% 2.3%
Hodge Hill Girls' School 753 100.1% 67.4% 17.6%
Hall Green Infant School 383 100% 67.3% 19.3%
Stechford Primary School 417 100% 58.4% 24.1%
Hodge Hill College 1200 99.9% 73.9% 22.5%
Elms Farm Community Primary School 402.5 99.9% 67.7% 15.1%
Hollyfield Primary School 399 99.8% 70.1% -0.3%
Colmers School and Sixth Form College 1147 99.8% 72.8% 4.8%
St Saviour's C of E Primary School 403 99.8% 57.1% 12.3%
Severne Junior Infant and Nursery School 371.5 99.6% 71.3% 20.2%
Yardley Primary School 831 99.4% 76% 4.1%
West Heath Primary School 409 99.3% 64.7% 4.6%
Kings Norton Nursery School 60.5 99.3% 65.5% 20.1%
Kingsthorne Primary School 318 99.3% 67.4% 11.9%
Bishop Challoner Catholic College 1191 99.3% 58% 2.5%
Selly Park Girls' School 806 99.2% 68.2% 6.8%
Featherstone Nursery School 70.5 99.2% 65% 39.9%
Water Mill Primary School 205 99% 66.6% 18%
Welsh House Farm Community School and Special Needs Resources Base 201.5 99% 61.2% 2.1%
Ladypool Primary School 218 98.9% 65.9% -24.2%
Four Oaks Primary School 420 98.8% 65.9% 6.5%
Allens Croft Primary School 380 98.8% 67.1% 12.8%
Gilbertstone Primary School 411 98.7% 64.1% 3.1%
Woodgate Primary School 401 98.7% 62.6% 14.9%
St Jude's Catholic Primary School 196 98.7% 64.5% 15.4%
St Bernard's Catholic Primary School 393 98.6% 66.3% 15.4%
Chilcote Primary School 446 98.5% 68.3% 13.2%
Wylde Green Primary School 423 98.4% 72.2% 23.8%
Colebourne Primary School 444.5 98.4% 58.7% 4.8%
Nelson Primary School 430.5 98.4% 60.1% 33.9%
Springfield House Community Special School 113 98.3% 74.8% -8.6%
Arden Primary School 661 98.2% 64.5% 6.7%
Newtown Nursery School 48 98.2% 44.7% -12.7%
Bordesley Green Primary School 623.5 98.1% 75.1% 13.5%
Yorkmead Junior and Infant School 433.5 98.1% 55% 8.5%
Kings Heath Secondary School 802 98.1% 66.7% 8.9%
English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School 295 98.1% 69.3% 15.2%
St Ambrose Barlow Catholic Primary School

Only has 5 months of data

98% 63.1% -13.8%
Moor Hall Primary School 427 98% 63.7% 4%
St Martin de Porres Catholic Primary School 202 97.9% 62.3% 4.8%
St Thomas Centre Nursery School 51.5 97.8% 68.6% -156.7%
Holy Family Catholic Primary School 211 97.8% 65.7% 3.8%
The Pines Special School 287 97.8% 79.6% 16.9%
Barford Primary School 382.5 97.5% 55.8% -8.2%
Redhill Primary School 204 97.5% 66.6% 3%
Clifton Primary School 845.5 97.5% 63.1% 12%
Christ The King Catholic Primary School 385 97.2% 66.8% -1.1%
Calshot Primary School 423.5 97.1% 59.9% 6.9%
St Gerard's Catholic Primary School 234 97% 63.7% 5.1%
St Vincent's Catholic Primary School

Only has 5 months of data

97% 67.4% -1.8%
St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School 234 97% 64.4% 7.4%
Hawthorn Primary School 213 96.8% 67.4% 13.1%
West Heath Nursery School 69 96.7% 60.6% 32.9%
Walmley Junior School 362 96.7% 65.9% 13.1%
St Alban's Catholic Primary School 207 96.7% 56.9% 6.1%
Lyndon Green Junior School 364 96.6% 59.8% 11.2%
Mapledene Primary School 293 96.5% 62.7% 0.8%
World's End Junior School 353 96.4% 72.6% 22.9%
St Dunstan's Catholic Primary School 275 96.4% 62.1% 9.9%
Bells Farm Primary School 195 96.2% 59.7% -4.9%
Victoria School 225 96.2% 69.4% 30.6%
Kings Heath Primary School 632 96.2% 65.9% 5.7%
Priestley Smith School 94 96.1% 62.3% 16.2%
Baskerville School 179 96.1% 53.2% 8.9%
Beeches Junior School 361 96.1% 56.6% 9.2%
Goodway Nursery School 76 95.9% 67.7% 26.6%
St Mary's Church of England Primary School 413 95.8% 69.4% 9.7%
St Matthew's CofE Primary School 196 95.6% 55.9% 33.2%
Cherry Oak School 112 95.5% 71.3% 37.5%
Marsh Hill Primary School 415 95.4% 56.3% 15%
Cherry Orchard Primary School 428.5 95.3% 63.5% 12.9%
Grendon Primary School 309 95.1% 69.3% 15%
Woodcock Hill Primary School 198.5 95.1% 64.7% 6.2%
Holly Hill Methodist CofE Infant School 172 94.5% 64.3% 24%
Osborne Nursery School 69.5 94.4% 49.5% 52.5%
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School 385 94.1% 61.4% 42.4%
Rednal Hill Junior School 327 94.1% 64.5% 13.5%
Uffculme School 309 93.8% 76.4% 25.4%
St Francis Catholic Primary School

Only has 5 months of data

93.7% 71.8% 47.9%
Al-Furqan Primary School 629 93.5% 64.6% 29.1%
Braidwood School for the Deaf 82 93.4% 66.1% 26.5%
Brearley Nursery School 51.5 93.3% 54.8% 42.9%
SS John and Monica Catholic Primary School 199 92.8% 63.4% 20.7%
Christ Church CofE Controlled Primary School and Nursery 183.5 92.6% 53.8% 22.2%
Adderley Nursery School 56 92.5% 66.2% 41.5%
Lozells Junior and Infant School and Nursery 443.5 92.5% 61% 15.8%
Lindsworth School 149 92.2% 63.1% 21.2%
Rubery Nursery School 80 91.9% 50.2% 33.2%
St Benedict's Primary School 306 91.3% 59.2% 16.4%
Edith Cadbury Nursery School 57 91% 70% 18.7%
Jakeman Nursery School 60 90.7% 59.8% 43.3%
Coppice Primary School 415 90.5% 59.2% -2.9%
Langley School 137 89.5% 76.9% 6.6%
Little Sutton Primary School 420 89.1% 53.7% 28%
Adderley Primary School 328 88.5% 55.7% 28.3%
Gracelands Nursery School 61 85.4% 53.4% 60%
The Oratory Roman Catholic Primary School

Only has 5 months of data

84.6% 49.1% 64.2%
Oscott Manor School

Only has 6 months of data

83.7% 61.1% 31.1%
Maryvale Catholic Primary School

Only has 1 month of data

78.9% 51.7% 52.7%

EHC plan and SEN support data are shown as percentages of total pupils.
World's End Junior School 353 74.79 2.5% 25.2%
Bordesley Green East Nursery School 50 50 2% 38%
Allens Croft Nursery School 88.5 34.04 4.5% 18.1%
Featherstone Nursery School 70.5 33.57 0% 41.1%
St Thomas Centre Nursery School 51.5 32.19 1.9% 23.3%
Highfield Nursery School 88 31.43 2.3% 47.7%
Castle Vale Nursery School 92 30.67 2.2% 30.4%

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Maintained schools by RAG ratings

About RAG ratings

Red, amber and green (RAG) ratings are shown to give an indication of the spending compared to similar schools.

The rating is not an indication of performance. It is used to display if spending is significantly more or less than similar schools. This does not consider any individual spending strategies which might apply.

The ratings are intended for schools and trusts to identify potential areas to help them make informed spending decisions.

The size of the red bar corresponds to the proportion of red-rated cost categories for the school.

Primary schools

Status

West Heath Primary School
7 high, 1 medium and 0 low for West Heath Primary School
Colebourne Primary School
6 high, 2 medium and 0 low for Colebourne Primary School
St Cuthbert's RC Junior and Infant (NC) School
6 high, 2 medium and 0 low for St Cuthbert's RC Junior and Infant (NC) School
Christ Church CofE Controlled Primary School and Nursery
6 high, 1 medium and 1 low for Christ Church CofE Controlled Primary School and Nursery
Moseley Church of England Primary School
6 high, 1 medium and 1 low for Moseley Church of England Primary School

Secondary schools

Status

Bishop Challoner Catholic College
5 high, 2 medium and 1 low for Bishop Challoner Catholic College
Holte School
5 high, 1 medium and 2 low for Holte School
Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form
3 high, 4 medium and 1 low for Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form
Wheelers Lane Technology College
3 high, 4 medium and 1 low for Wheelers Lane Technology College
Hodge Hill Girls' School
2 high, 5 medium and 1 low for Hodge Hill Girls' School

Special

Status

Hamilton School
5 high, 3 medium and 0 low for Hamilton School
The Dame Ellen Pinsent School
5 high, 2 medium and 1 low for The Dame Ellen Pinsent School
Victoria School
4 high, 2 medium and 2 low for Victoria School
Longwill A Primary School for Deaf Children
4 high, 1 medium and 3 low for Longwill A Primary School for Deaf Children
Baskerville School
3 high, 3 medium and 2 low for Baskerville School

Pupil Referral Unit

Status

City of Birmingham School
4 high, 3 medium and 1 low for City of Birmingham School

Nursery

Status

Highfield Nursery School
4 high, 4 medium and 0 low for Highfield Nursery School
Marsh Hill Nursery School
4 high, 3 medium and 1 low for Marsh Hill Nursery School
Rubery Nursery School
4 high, 3 medium and 1 low for Rubery Nursery School
Lillian De Lissa Nursery School
4 high, 2 medium and 2 low for Lillian De Lissa Nursery School
Perry Beeches Nursery School
4 high, 1 medium and 3 low for Perry Beeches Nursery School

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