Spring Hill High School

• What they offer / teach

  Spring Hill School is a specialist school in Birmingham for young people with social, emotional and mental health needs, autism and mild learning difficulties, registered for 50 pupils across four sites (Wood End Lane, Orchard Road, Slade Road and Hunton Road). Pupils follow a personalised curriculum designed to be motivating, purposeful and aspirational, developing communication, functional, social and life skills, and enabling them to achieve meaningful qualifications. The curriculum is based on prior attainment data, CEM data, For Skills data, student aspirations and challenging targets, and includes British Values, relationships education and physical and mental health. The school has also adopted Thrive training and software to support pupils' social and emotional development.

• Ages served

  The school serves young people aged 11–19.

• Approach

  The approach is child-centred, personalised and holistic, with a programme developed together with the student and their parent/carer/foster carer/social worker, and drawing on Social Learning Theory, Cognitive Behaviour Theory and elements of the Psychologically Informed Environment (PIE). Small class sizes and high levels of adult support allow staff to build strong relationships, within a safe, nurturing and structured environment; the school believes all behaviour is a form of communication and works in partnership with parents, carers and professionals. Spring Hill School was judged Good by Ofsted in July 2025, which noted leaders had "crafted a high-quality and appropriate curriculum" and that pupil progress is "considerable".

• Admissions

  The website has an Admissions section and invites prospective families to request a prospectus or arrange a tour; contact details given are 28 Slade Road, Erdington, Birmingham B23 7PG, 0121 240 0992. No further details of admissions criteria or process are stated on this website text.

• Cost

  Not stated on this website.

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