Norton Approved School
Norton School was never run by Birmingham City Council. However, as it began life in Birmingham and later was run by Warwickshire Social Services, there has been some confusion over its status and it ...
Oakhill House, Meadow Road, Edgbaston
Oakhill House, next to the Woodbourne Priory Hospital, opened as a reception centre in 1968. It was officially opened by HRH Princess Alexandra on Monday 6th May 1968.
By this time, Birmingham City ...
Oaklands Residential Nursery, Worcester Road, Droitwich
From 1921, Oaklands was originally used as a working girls’ hostel. It changed function in 1924, becoming a convalescent home.
During the Second World War, there was a great need for nurseries to ...
Packington Avenue Children's Home, Shard End
Packington Avenue was a purpose-built home designed as a ‘family group home’ on the newly-built Shard End Estate.
The home was part of a programme of new children’s homes, each built on newly developing ...
Perry Barr Children's Home
In the early 1970s, six purpose built children’s homes were built each of which could house 18 children. This home in Perry Barr was one of these, opening in 1973.
When the home was being built in ...
Perry Villa, 155 Church Road, Perry Barr
The need for residential nurseries had become apparent in the Second World War with the Public Health, Maternity and Child Welfare Committee of Birmingham Council reporting on ‘the urgent necessity to ...
Pype Hayes Hall, Pype Hayes Park, Erdington
The children’s home at Pype Hayes Hall has the distinction of being in the oldest building of all the Birmingham City Council children’s homes. Pype Hayes Hall was built in around 1630, with some significant ...
Rednal Children's Home
This children's home in Rednal was built as what was known as a 'family group home' in 1951 on the Rednal House Estate.
The home was part of a programme of new children’s homes, each built on Birmingham's ...
Rednal Road Hostel for Working Girls, West Heath
In the late 1960s, despite there being plans in place for building two new homes for working children (Allenscroft Road and one in Warstock), the Children’s Committee felt that need was outstripping the ...
Reynoldstown Road, Castle Bromwich
This children's home opened in 1967. It was in a purpose-built large house on the Bromford Bridge Estate very close to the M6 motorway.
It looked similar in design and style to the children's home ...
Roundlea Road Children's Home, Weoley Castle
This purpose-built children’s home with eight beds opened in 1953 on the newly built Woodcock Hill Estate.
The home was part of a programme of new children’s homes, each built on Birmingham's newly ...
Selly Oak Children's Home
In the early 1970s, six purpose-built children’s homes were built each of which could accommodate 18 children. A further three such homes were built in the mid-1970s. This home in Selly Oak was one of ...
Selly Park Children's Home
Work started on building a new children’s home in Selly Park in 1973. This was at a time when there was significant building of children’s homes going on in Birmingham – the first six 18-bed homes had ...
Selly Wick Road Children's Home, Selly Oak
In 1974, a house at 16 Selly Wick Road, just down the road from an existing children’s home, Brooklands, was adapted to be a home for six children with learning disabilities.
This appears to have been ...
Service Girls’ Home, 33 Beaufort Road, Ladywood
The Service Girls’ home at 375 Moseley Road was considered to be inadequate by the Board of Guardians who ran it so a house on Beaufort Road was leased and adapted to replace it.
The new service girls’ ...
Service Girls’ Home, 375 Moseley Road, Balsall Heath
The idea of the service girls’ home was that it would be for older girls under the care of the Guardians, who had finished their schooling and training, and would be found jobs in domestic service (generally ...
Shawbury Approved School / Shustoke Industrial School for boys
Shustoke Industrial School opened in 1868 in the premises of ‘The Shawberries’ a Georgian country house.
The industrial schools were originally intended to take in children who were destitute or in ...
Shelfield Road Children's Home, Kings Heath
This children's home was built as a 'family group home' or ‘scattered home’ on the Brandwood Park Estate in 1951.
It was part of a programme of new children’s homes, each built on Birmingham's newly ...