Birch Wood (Melton Area Special School)
Grange Drive, Melton Mowbray, LE13 1HA
Not applicableAcademy special converterMixed
About the school
“We are an outward looking maintained school, committed to our community in Melton Mowbray and the surrounding areas in Leicestershire. Birch Wood provides a highly specialised and completely unique learning environment, which aims to meet our pupils at their point of need to enable their success.”
Open since 2004. Became an academy in December 2025, continuing the school that was already there.
Ofsted
Ofsted: GoodLast inspected 12 May 2024
Admissions
Admissions policy on record: Not applicable
This school is its own admissions authority, meaning it sets and applies its own admissions criteria (rather than the local council).
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- Number of pupils
- 245
- Multi-academy trust
- DISCOVERY SCHOOLS ACADEMIES TRUST LTD
- Phone
- 01664483340
- Website
- www.birchwoodschool.co.uk