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Wheelers Lane Technology College

  • 11–16Ages
  • 672Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • BoysPupils
  • 103501URN

Wheelers Lane, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B13 0SF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
4.6per place
0.4 above Birmingham median (4.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BirminghamSelective

616 applications for 134 places · 36th of 83 in Birmingham
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
48.2of 90
33rd of 88 in Birmingham
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 11 February 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
4.6applications per place, Year 7
0.4 above Birmingham median (4.2) 2.4 above England median (2.2)

616 applications · 134 places offered · 139 named it first

  1. 2026 4.6; Birmingham median median 4.2
  2. 2025 5.0; Birmingham median median 4.3
  3. 2024 5.2; Birmingham median median 4.0
  4. 2023 4.9; Birmingham median median 4.1
  5. 2022 4.8; Birmingham median median 4.5
  6. 2021 5.0; Birmingham median median 4.3
  7. 2020 5.4; Birmingham median median 4.8
  8. 2019 4.9; Birmingham median median 4.8
  9. 2018 5.1; Birmingham median median 4.6
  10. 2017 4.5; Birmingham median median 4.5
  11. 2016 4.1; Birmingham median median 3.8
  12. 2015 3.0; Birmingham median median 3.6
  13. 2014 3.4; Birmingham median median 3.5
  • This school
  • Birmingham median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261346164.61391.04
Sep 20251346675.01641.22
Sep 20241336895.21551.17
Sep 20231336464.91681.26
Sep 20221336354.81401.05
Sep 20211356795.01591.18
Sep 20201337235.41751.32
Sep 20191356594.91721.27
Sep 20181296535.11631.26
Sep 20171255594.51611.29
Sep 20161245024.11220.98
Sep 20151253713.01070.86
Sep 20141254283.41050.84

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

131 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)48.233rd of 88 in Birmingham
Grade 5 or above in English and maths57%16th of 88 in Birmingham
Grade 4 or above in English and maths73%
  • This school
  • Birmingham median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.19
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)13148.257%73%–
2024/2513148.457%74%–
2023/2413049.453%75%+0.19
2022/2312547.443%69%+0.19

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
103501 · 330/4193
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
650 pupils · 672 on roll
Free school meals
40.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Wheelers Lane, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B13 0SF
Local authority
Birmingham

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources