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Washwood Heath Academy

4–18Ages
1,668Pupils
All-throughPhase
Sixth formAges 16–18
139888URN

Burney Lane, Stechford, Birmingham, B8 2AS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodMar 2020

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · May 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

4.3per place

close to Birmingham median (4.2)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BirminghamSelective

1,071 applications for 252 places · 41st of 83 in Birmingham

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

44.4of 90

Birmingham 45.3 England 46.0

49th of 88 in Birmingham

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodMar 2020

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · May 2025

The graded inspection, 3 March 2020Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good
Sixth form provision		Good

Inspection history

21 May 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
3 March 2020
Graded inspection: Good

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

4.3applications per place, Year 7

close to Birmingham median (4.2) 2.0 above England median (2.2)

1,071 applications · 252 places offered · 150 named it first

2026 4.3; Birmingham median median 4.2
2025 4.7; Birmingham median median 4.3
2024 4.6; Birmingham median median 4.0
2023 4.4; Birmingham median median 4.1
2022 4.5; Birmingham median median 4.5
2021 4.5; Birmingham median median 4.3
2020 5.0; Birmingham median median 4.8
2019 3.7; Birmingham median median 4.8
2018 4.2; Birmingham median median 4.6
2017 3.9; Birmingham median median 4.5
2016 3.3; Birmingham median median 3.8
2015 3.3; Birmingham median median 3.6
2014 3.4; Birmingham median median 3.5

This school
Birmingham median

Reception entry, September 2026: 3.8 per place (99 applications for 26 places).

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

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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	252	1,071	4.3	150	0.60
Sep 2025	248	1,161	4.7	124	0.50
Sep 2024	252	1,161	4.6	138	0.55
Sep 2023	254	1,111	4.4	123	0.48
Sep 2022	254	1,132	4.5	135	0.53
Sep 2021	251	1,130	4.5	155	0.62
Sep 2020	255	1,275	5.0	202	0.79
Sep 2019	314	1,173	3.7	185	0.59
Sep 2018	281	1,167	4.2	155	0.55
Sep 2017	260	1,021	3.9	187	0.72
Sep 2016	258	855	3.3	161	0.62
Sep 2015	258	842	3.3	143	0.55
Sep 2014	260	872	3.4	120	0.46

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

263 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)44.449th of 88 in Birmingham

Birmingham 45.3 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths41%55th of 88 in Birmingham

Birmingham 46% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths62%

Birmingham 65% England 66%

This school
Birmingham median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.19

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	263	44.4	41%	62%	–
2024/25	272	42.9	39%	59%	–
2023/24	276	43.4	41%	62%	+0.19
2022/23	265	43.2	33%	59%	+0.15

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

Washwood Heath AcademyThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

4.3applications per place 44.4Attainment 8
Saltley Academy
1.1 km · Birmingham

Remains Good2023

4.7applications per place 39.8Attainment 8
Hodge Hill College
1.2 km · Birmingham

2025

3.4applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
Hodge Hill Girls' School
1.4 km · Birmingham

2026

4.6applications per place 50.0Attainment 8
Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East
1.5 km · Birmingham

Outstanding2023

7.1applications per place 56.2Attainment 8
Rockwood Academy
1.7 km · Birmingham

Standards maintained2025

2.9applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
Waverley Studio College
1.8 km · Birmingham

Remains Good2022

16.6Attainment 8
Waverley School
1.8 km · Birmingham

2026

7.5applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham
2.1 km · Birmingham

Outstanding2024

10.2applications per place 63.6Attainment 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: All-through
URN · DfE number: 139888 · 330/4084
Trust: Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 1,476 pupils · 1,668 on roll
Free school meals: 57.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 July 2013
Replaced: Washwood Heath Technology College (URN 103489)
Address: Burney Lane, Stechford, Birmingham, B8 2AS
Local authority: Birmingham

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