Your Ideas School
Other · Other independent special school · Ages 5–11 · Redditch, Worcestershire
Your Ideas School is an other school in Redditch, Worcestershire for ages 5–11 (other independent special school).
Key facts
- Address
- Dilwyn Close, Redditch, B98 0BU
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Phase
- Other
- Ages
- 5–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 8 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- z of pupils eligible
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Strengths
- “Pupils feel safe, valued and happy at this school.”
- “This is because the school understands their needs and how to support them.”
- “Your Ideas School builds their confidence and supports them to develop good habits.”
To improve
- “Pupils can struggle to manage their behaviour, but staff deal with them calmly.”
- “Pupils’ behaviour can be challenging.”
- “In some subjects, lessons can be driven by pupils’ interests, rather than what they need to know or remember.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 April 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
More with a 3-month pass
A one-off £9.99 pass, no subscription, unlocks for 3 months:
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby other schools
Straight-line distance, in Worcestershire.
- Kingfisher School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Ipsley CofE Middle School 0.5 mi Standards maintained
- The Beacon Primary Pupil Referral Unit 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Woodfield Academy 1.4 mi Not judged
- Church Hill Middle School 1.6 mi School remains Good
- St Bede's Catholic Middle School 1.7 mi School remains Good
- The Forge Secondary Short Stay School 2.1 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
- Walkwood Church of England Middle School 2.8 mi School remains Good