Graded inspection · Mar 2023 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 |
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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 entry981 applications · 178 places offered · 216 named it first
- 2026 5.5; Solihull median median 3.2
- 2025 4.7; Solihull median median 3.0
- 2024 5.3; Solihull median median 3.1
- 2023 5.1; Solihull median median 3.1
- 2022 5.0; Solihull median median 3.1
- 2021 5.0; Solihull median median 2.9
- 2020 5.0; Solihull median median 2.9
- 2019 5.0; Solihull median median 3.0
- 2018 4.9; Solihull median median 2.6
- 2017 4.5; Solihull median median 2.6
- 2016 3.8; Solihull median median 2.4
- 2015 4.1; Solihull median median 2.7
- 2014 4.0; 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 | 178 | 981 | 5.5 | 216 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2025 | 187 | 884 | 4.7 | 221 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2024 | 186 | 976 | 5.3 | 238 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2023 | 187 | 960 | 5.1 | 231 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2022 | 190 | 946 | 5.0 | 219 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2021 | 183 | 913 | 5.0 | 215 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2020 | 189 | 947 | 5.0 | 205 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2019 | 193 | 969 | 5.0 | 244 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2018 | 194 | 948 | 4.9 | 252 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2017 | 183 | 828 | 4.5 | 256 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2016 | 189 | 709 | 3.8 | 215 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2015 | 181 | 743 | 4.1 | 198 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2014 | 185 | 747 | 4.0 | 204 | 1.10 |
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.) | 205 | 45.8 | 48% | 67% | – |
| 2024/25 | 211 | 47.6 | 46% | 66% | – |
| 2023/24 | 207 | 49.2 | 52% | 70% | +0.29 |
| 2022/23 | 201 | 48.4 | 48% | 65% | +0.09 |
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
- Langley SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20235.5applications per place 45.8Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · BirminghamStandards maintained20243.5applications per place 46.1Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · BirminghamSpecial measures 20263.1applications per place 41.9Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · SolihullStandards maintained20242.8applications per place 46.7Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · BirminghamGraded · no overall grade20256.6applications per place 44.4Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · SolihullGood20223.2applications per place 50.2Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · SolihullRemains Good20235.6applications per place 52.4Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · SolihullGraded · no overall grade20255.6applications per place 59.1Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · SolihullGraded · no overall grade20254.0applications per place 53.7Attainment 8
- 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137007 · 334/4012
- Trust
- Collaborative Education Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,169 pupils · 1,050 on roll
- Free school meals
- 28.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 August 2011
- Replaced
- Langley School, Specialist College for the Performing Arts, Languages and Training (URN 104108)
- Address
- Kineton Green Road, Olton, Solihull, B92 7ER
- Local authority
- Solihull
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources