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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%

Show all schools

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%
Newtown Nursery School 48 30 2.1% 41.7%
Jakeman Nursery School 60 30 1.7% 30%
Bournville Village Primary 652 29.91 1.4% 10.3%
Edith Cadbury Nursery School 57 28.5 0% 47.4%
Shaw Hill Primary School 451.5 28.45 1.3% 14.6%
Goodway Nursery School 76 28.15 0% 27.6%
St Edward's Catholic Primary School 373 27.63 1.3% 14.5%
Kings Norton Nursery School 60.5 27.5 1.7% 14.9%
Shenley Fields Nursery School 98 27.22 4.1% 11.2%
Rubery Nursery School 80 26.67 0% 26.3%
St Peters CofE Primary School 429.5 26.19 2.8% 20%
Brearley Nursery School 51.5 25.75 0% 46.6%
Somerville Primary (NC) School 694.5 25.72 1.6% 17.6%
Osborne Nursery School 69.5 24.82 1.4% 20.1%
Barford Primary School 382.5 24.52 0.8% 19.1%
Whitehouse Common Primary School 441 24.34 0.5% 8.8%
Moor Hall Primary School 427 24.26 1.2% 4.9%
Kings Heath Primary School 632 24.14 1.6% 21.4%
Perry Beeches Nursery School 48 24 0% 16.7%
Colebourne Primary School 444.5 23.83 1.8% 20%
Four Oaks Primary School 420 23.6 4% 10%
St Saviour's C of E Primary School 403 23.57 2.7% 16.6%
Cherry Orchard Primary School 428.5 23.54 6.3% 12.1%
St Alban's Catholic Primary School 207 23.52 1.4% 25.6%
Gracelands Nursery School 61 23.46 1.6% 23%
St Mary's Catholic Primary School 418 23.46 1.9% 13.4%
Stechford Primary School 417 23.43 1.7% 25.7%
Little Sutton Primary School 420 23.35 0.7% 11.4%
Marsh Hill Primary School 415 23.31 1% 17.8%
Al-Furqan Primary School 629 23.13 1.3% 9.9%
Gilbertstone Primary School 411 23.09 2.4% 25.1%
Woodcock Hill Primary School 198.5 23.08 4% 20.7%
Chilcote Primary School 446 23.07 1.6% 15%
Colmore Junior School 475 22.95 1.9% 21.5%
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School 212 22.89 2.4% 13.7%
Harborne Primary School 800 22.76 1.9% 14%
St Mary's Church of England Primary School 413 22.69 2.7% 18.4%
Coppice Primary School 415 22.68 1.4% 10.8%
Cofton Primary School 408 22.67 1.5% 19.1%
Maney Hill Primary School 421 22.61 1.7% 10.5%
St Laurence Church Infant School 254 22.56 2% 15%
Walmley Junior School 362 22.37 1.9% 19.6%
Hall Green Infant School 383 22.27 2.9% 14.4%
Featherstone Primary School 416 22.13 4.1% 20%
Our Lady and St Rose of Lima Catholic Primary School 232.5 21.93 2.2% 17.6%
Glenmead Primary School 263 21.92 4.6% 13.7%
Arden Primary School 661 21.89 2% 16.9%
Moseley Church of England Primary School 210 21.88 1.9% 16.2%
Walmley Infant School 315 21.72 1% 14%
Lozells Junior and Infant School and Nursery 443.5 21.63 3.2% 19.2%
Adderley Nursery School 56 21.54 3.6% 28.6%
Chad Vale Primary School 415 21.39 3.9% 16.9%
Water Mill Primary School 205 21.35 1% 19.5%
Stanville Primary School 217 21.27 0.9% 21.2%
St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School 234 21.27 2.1% 18.4%
St Gerard's Catholic Primary School 234 21.27 0.4% 15%
Beeches Junior School 361 21.24 1.7% 15.2%
Mapledene Primary School 293 21.23 1.4% 17.1%
Beeches Infant School 249 21.1 2.4% 20.9%
SS John and Monica Catholic Primary School 199 20.99 6% 14.6%
Anderton Park Primary School 394.5 20.98 3% 21%
Wylde Green Primary School 423 20.94 2.1% 14.9%
World's End Infant and Nursery School 265.5 20.91 4.1% 19.6%
Wheelers Lane Primary School 636.5 20.87 2.4% 15.2%
St Bernard's Catholic Primary School 393 20.8 1.8% 13.7%
Thornton Primary School 473 20.75 0.6% 12.5%
Bordesley Green Primary School 623.5 20.65 0.5% 20.7%
Ladypool Primary School 218 20.57 1.8% 22.5%
Colmore Infant and Nursery School 383 20.53 1.8% 17.8%
Cotteridge Primary School 431 20.52 1.4% 13.2%
Hodge Hill Girls' School 753 20.46 0.4% 14.6%
Rednal Hill Infant School 244.5 20.38 3.7% 20.4%
Lyndon Green Junior School 364 20.34 3.8% 19.5%
Penns Primary School 203 20.3 1% 18.2%
William Murdoch Primary School 575 20.18 1.4% 9.9%
Ward End Primary School 835.5 20.13 3.4% 18.4%
Woodgate Primary School 401 20.05 3.5% 18.5%
Raddlebarn Primary School 387 19.95 0.8% 13.4%
Park Hill Primary School 227 19.95 3.1% 18.5%
Christ Church CofE Controlled Primary School and Nursery 183.5 19.95 2.2% 15.3%
George Dixon Primary School 283 19.93 3.2% 19.1%
Weoley Castle Nursery School 107 19.81 0% 72%
Calshot Primary School 423.5 19.79 2.1% 11.8%
Highters Heath Nursery School 43.5 19.77 0% 20.7%
Hollyfield Primary School 399 19.75 0.5% 18.8%
Hall Green Junior School 482 19.67 1.9% 13.3%
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School 385 19.64 2.3% 16.4%
Redhill Primary School 204 19.62 1.5% 23.5%
St Matthew's CofE Primary School 196 19.6 4.1% 15.8%
Bloomsbury Nursery School 70.5 19.58 0% 32.6%
St Laurence Church Junior School 359 19.51 1.9% 15.6%
Kingsthorne Primary School 318 19.51 3.1% 23.3%
Bells Farm Primary School 195 19.5 2.6% 22.1%
St James Church of England Primary School, Handsworth 409 19.49 2.4% 18.8%
St Patrick and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School 292 19.47 3.4% 24.3%
Welford Primary School 391 19.46 2.6% 13%
Yorkmead Junior and Infant School 433.5 19.18 0.2% 15%
Severne Junior Infant and Nursery School 371.5 19.03 0% 11.6%
Holy Family Catholic Primary School 211 18.97 1.9% 15.2%
James Watt Primary School 404 18.97 0.7% 16.3%
West Heath Primary School 409 18.94 4.9% 19.6%
Boldmere Infant School and Nursery 301 18.92 4.7% 9%
Forestdale Primary School 195 18.9 3.6% 29.7%
St Jude's Catholic Primary School 196 18.85 1% 22.4%
Grove School 587 18.61 0.9% 25.2%
Clifton Primary School 845.5 18.56 1.9% 22.4%
St Martin de Porres Catholic Primary School 202 18.53 3.5% 24.8%
Yardley Wood Community Primary School 441.5 18.4 2.7% 20.4%
Nelson Mandela School 419.5 18.24 3.3% 20%
Elms Farm Community Primary School 402.5 18.09 3.5% 16.1%
Adderley Primary School 328 18.02 0% 15.2%
Christ The King Catholic Primary School 385 17.99 1.3% 15.8%
Sladefield Infant School 266 17.97 1.5% 13.9%
St Margaret Mary RC Junior and Infant School 353 17.96 0.8% 12.2%
Lillian De Lissa Nursery School 43 17.92 2.3% 23.3%
Gunter Primary School 182 17.86 7.1% 31.9%
Welsh House Farm Community School and Special Needs Resources Base 201.5 17.83 6.9% 16.4%
St Benedict's Primary School 306 17.79 7.8% 17.6%
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School 559 17.69 2.1% 16.6%
Yardley Primary School 831 17.68 1.7% 18.1%
Rednal Hill Junior School 327 17.58 1.5% 22.6%
Anglesey Primary School 649 17.53 4.2% 14.3%
St Cuthbert's RC Junior and Infant (NC) School 215.5 17.52 3.2% 28.8%
Grendon Primary School 309 17.36 2.6% 26.9%
West Heath Nursery School 69 17.25 0% 27.5%
Boldmere Junior School 379 17.2 6.1% 15.8%
Allens Croft Primary School 380 17.19 12.4% 28.2%
Washwood Heath Nursery School 68.5 17.13 0% 23.4%
Bellfield Junior School 229 17.09 3.5% 19.2%
Garretts Green Nursery School 54.5 17.03 9.2% 47.7%
St Dunstan's Catholic Primary School 275 16.98 1.1% 9.1%
Minworth Junior and Infant School 204 16.97 1.5% 21.1%
St Anne's Catholic Primary School 192 16.84 3.1% 10.9%
Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School 138 16.83 2.2% 18.1%
Kitwell Primary School 174 16.73 5.2% 33.9%
Lyndon Green Infant School 239 16.6 5.9% 10%
Wheelers Lane Technology College 674 16.55 3.1% 23.1%
Blakesley Hall Primary School 462 16.18 5.6% 16%
Regents Park Community Primary School 387 16.09 1.3% 26.1%
New Hall Primary School 308 16.04 2.6% 17.9%
Kings Heath Secondary School 802 15.98 2.2% 16.1%
English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School 295 15.86 3.1% 16.6%
Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School 796 15.67 1.3% 16.7%
Holly Hill Methodist CofE Infant School 172 15.64 8.1% 28.5%
Nelson Primary School 430.5 15.56 4.2% 16.7%
Queensbridge School 916 15.5 2.7% 23.1%
Colmers School and Sixth Form College 1147 15.45 1.2% 23.1%
Moseley School and Sixth Form 1426 14.89 0.6% 16.3%
Kingsland Primary School (NC) 273 14.68 3.3% 23.1%
Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form 938 14.66 2.5% 12.6%
Marsh Hill Nursery School 67 14.57 0% 35.8%
St Paul's School for Girls 1036 14.47 1.4% 19.9%
Selly Park Girls' School 806 14.28 0.7% 15.4%
Sundridge Primary School 148 13.96 1.4% 27%
Bishop Challoner Catholic College 1191 13.28 1.1% 14.2%
Hodge Hill College 1200 12.99 0.8% 13.1%
Bellfield Infant School (NC) 159.5 12.86 2.5% 24.5%
St John Wall Catholic School 598 12.78 1.5% 11.4%
Holte School 1127 12.21 1.2% 14.8%
Selly Oak Nursery School 35.5 11.83 0% 11.3%
Hawthorn Primary School 213 11.56 4.2% 21.1%
King David Primary School 119 11.44 2.5% 16.8%
Beaufort School 83 10.38 98.8% 1.2%
The Dame Ellen Pinsent School 158 9.63 100% 0%
Hamilton School 196 9.61 100% 0%
Cherry Oak School 112 8.75 100% 0%
Fox Hollies School 116 8.66 100% 0%
Selly Oak Trust School 401 8.46 99.8% 0%
Langley School 137 8.25 100% 0%
Victoria School 225 7.92 100% 0%
Uffculme School 309 7.76 100% 0%
The Pines Special School 287 7.59 100% 0%
Lindsworth School 149 7.16 100% 0%
Baskerville School 179 6.99 99.4% 0.6%
Priestley Smith School 94 6.53 100% 0%
Longwill A Primary School for Deaf Children 53 6.31 100% 0%
City of Birmingham School 461 5.69 3.7% 62.5%
Braidwood School for the Deaf 82 4.94 100% 0%
Springfield House Community Special School 113 4.75 100% 0%
Oscott Manor School
St Ambrose Barlow Catholic Primary School
New Oscott Primary School
Broadmeadow Junior School
Broadmeadow Infant School
St Clare's Catholic Primary School
St Francis Catholic Primary School
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School
Maryvale Catholic Primary School
The Oratory Roman Catholic Primary School
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School
St Vincent's Catholic Primary School
The Meadows Primary School
Woodthorpe Junior and Infant School

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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