Graded inspection · Jun 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Solihull
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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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 entry899 applications · 315 places offered · 307 named it first
- 2026 2.9; Solihull median median 3.2
- 2025 2.8; Solihull median median 3.0
- 2024 3.0; Solihull median median 3.1
- 2023 3.2; Solihull median median 3.1
- 2022 3.1; Solihull median median 3.1
- 2021 2.9; Solihull median median 2.9
- 2020 2.8; Solihull median median 2.9
- 2019 3.0; Solihull median median 3.0
- 2018 2.6; Solihull median median 2.6
- 2017 2.6; Solihull median median 2.6
- 2016 2.3; Solihull median median 2.4
- 2015 2.8; Solihull median median 2.7
- 2014 2.8; Solihull median median 2.5
- This school
- Solihull 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 315 | 899 | 2.9 | 307 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2025 | 295 | 812 | 2.8 | 269 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2024 | 297 | 877 | 3.0 | 344 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2023 | 295 | 933 | 3.2 | 334 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2022 | 298 | 937 | 3.1 | 375 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2021 | 295 | 864 | 2.9 | 342 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2020 | 298 | 830 | 2.8 | 339 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2019 | 296 | 875 | 3.0 | 367 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2018 | 300 | 784 | 2.6 | 331 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2017 | 294 | 756 | 2.6 | 328 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2016 | 296 | 668 | 2.3 | 322 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2015 | 235 | 651 | 2.8 | 306 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2014 | 239 | 670 | 2.8 | 331 | 1.38 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 300 | 59.3 | 71% | 85% | – |
| 2024/25 | 296 | 59.6 | 73% | 89% | – |
| 2023/24 | 304 | 57.7 | 68% | 82% | +0.59 |
| 2022/23 | 295 | 57.0 | 64% | 83% | +0.61 |
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
- ArdenThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.9applications per place 59.3Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · SolihullGraded · no overall grade20254.0applications per place 53.7Attainment 8
- 4.3 km · SolihullGraded · no overall grade20255.6applications per place 59.1Attainment 8
- 4.6 km · SolihullRemains Good20235.6applications per place 52.4Attainment 8
- 5.3 km · SolihullStandards maintained20242.8applications per place 46.7Attainment 8
- 6.2 km · SolihullRemains Good · concerns noted20241.9applications per place 44.3Attainment 8
- 6.5 km · SolihullGood20213.5applications per place 52.0Attainment 8
- 7.0 km · SolihullGood20235.5applications per place 45.8Attainment 8
- 7.9 km · SolihullGood20223.2applications per place 50.2Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136333 · 334/4017
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,490 pupils · 1,812 on roll
- Free school meals
- 12.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 October 2010
- Replaced
- Arden School (URN 104111)
- Address
- Station Road, Knowle, Solihull, B93 0PT
- Local authority
- Solihull
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources