Braidwood School Parent Teachers' Association
Charity 1019741
Overview
Summary
Braidwood School Parent Teachers' Association appears to be a school-linked charity extending the educational offer of a specialist Deaf school rather than operating as a conventional parent fundraising group. Its role combines funding for enriching experiences with practical inclusion: supporting British Sign Language learning among adults around Deaf children and reducing cost barriers to participation. The available evidence suggests that it sits at the intersection of pupil enrichment, Deaf identity and family/professional capacity-building.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Bromford and Hodge Hill
Confidence: high
The charity's stated activity is directly tied to Braidwood School. Birmingham City Council and the Department for Education place that school in the Bromford & Hodge Hill ward.
- Charity Commission Register entry for BRAIDWOOD SCHOOL PARENT TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION (charity 1019741) ([register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1019741/contact-information?utm_source=openai))
The charity's stated activity is that Braidwood School raises funds to enhance pupils' learning, provide BSL classes, and assist with transport, food and residential costs. - Birmingham City Council school directory: Braidwood School for the Deaf ([birmingham.gov.uk](https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/directory_record/876345/braidwood_school_for_the_deaf?utm_source=openai))
The school is listed in the Bromford & Hodge Hill ward. - Braidwood Trust School for the Deaf official website ([braidwood.bham.sch.uk](https://www.braidwood.bham.sch.uk/?utm_source=openai))
The school's current contact details identify its operating site in Birmingham.
Remaining uncertainties
- The available evidence establishes the PTA's close operational connection to Braidwood School, but does not identify separate PTA-run venues, regular off-site delivery locations or neighbourhood-based activities elsewhere in Birmingham.
- The charity reports funding residential visits and day courses, but does not state where these take place; these should not be treated as additional Birmingham operational areas.
- The charity provides BSL classes for professionals and for families and carers of deaf children, but the evidence does not specify whether these classes are delivered at the school, online, or at other venues.
- Braidwood School may serve pupils whose home local authorities are outside the immediate area, but this indicates potential beneficiary reach rather than evidence of PTA operations in other wards or at a regional scale.
Additional evidence needed
- A current PTA annual report, accounts narrative or programme calendar identifying the venues used for BSL classes, fundraising events, day courses and residential activities.
- Confirmation from the PTA or school of whether all PTA-supported activity is administered from and delivered through the school.
- Evidence of any formal partner organisations or recurring external venues through which the PTA itself, rather than the school generally, delivers activity.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Education/training
- Environment/conservation/heritage
Who they help
- Children/young People
How they help
- Other Charitable Activities
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Fundraising is directed toward equitable participation
The association appears to use fundraising not only to add educational experiences, but also to make those experiences accessible to pupils whose families could not otherwise afford them.
Why it matters
This suggests its role is partly redistributive: it may reduce the risk that enrichment opportunities depend on household income, helping the school deliver a more inclusive curriculum.
Show evidence
“The charity raises money to enhance and extend learning beyond the classroom, including residential visits and day courses.”
Source:Charity Commission“Transport, food and residential costs are provided for children whose families are in necessitous circumstances.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its beneficiaries may extend beyond pupils
Although formally focused on advancing pupils' education, the association appears to strengthen the communication environment around Deaf children by supporting BSL learning for families, carers and professionals.
Why it matters
This indicates an operating model in which pupil outcomes may depend on the skills and inclusion of the wider adult network, not solely on provision inside school.
Show evidence
“The charity provides BSL classes for professionals working with Deaf people and to families and carers of Deaf children.”
Source:Charity Commission“A strong Deaf identity and positive mental health underpins all we do.”
Source:Organisation
The association supports an enriched, outward-facing curriculum
Its funding priorities appear aligned with the school's strategy of building confidence, life experience and preparation for later life alongside formal qualifications.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish the association from a purely supplemental funder: it may be an important mechanism through which the school's broader educational ambitions become practical experiences.
Show evidence
“The school provides an enriched curriculum that motivates, stimulates and gives all learners the opportunity to excel.”
Source:Organisation“The school has high academic and vocational ambitions for learners, including life experiences for later life.”
Source:Organisation“The charity raises money for residential visits and day courses.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether the association is governed independently by parents, school staff or the wider Braidwood Trust.
- How many pupils, families and professionals receive support, and whether BSL provision is funded wholly or partly by the association.
- Which local organisations, Deaf-community groups or funders it works with.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual accounts and trustee reports showing income sources, expenditure and beneficiary numbers.
- Information on governance, referral criteria for hardship support and partnerships delivering BSL classes or visits.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Braidwood School raises money in order to enhance and extend learning beyond the classroom, ie. residential visits and day courses. In addition we provide BSL classes for professionals working with the Deaf and to families and carers of Deaf children. Transport, food and residential costs are provided by the school for those children whose families are in necessitous circumstances.
Charity objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS OF THE SCHOOL