• Orion School is likely to suit families who want a structured, supportive and re-engagement-focused setting rather than a conventional secondary school experience.

• Potentially important for families or professionals looking for a smaller Birmingham setting for pupils who need a more specialist, SEMH-aware route back into education.

Admissions at Orion School are likely to be highly bespoke and closely tied to whether the provision can support a young person with social, emotional and mental health difficulties. This is much more like a commissioned or referral-led route than a conventional independent-school admissions process.

Scholarships are not relevant here. The real issue is whether Orion can offer enough calm, consistency and specialist understanding for a teenager who needs more than a standard secondary environment can provide.

The public website is relatively thin, but Ofsted material makes the school's role much clearer: a smaller Birmingham provision for pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs. Families or referrers should therefore ask directly about therapeutic support, qualifications, behaviour systems and how pupils are helped to reconnect with education.