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Waverley School

  • 2–19Ages
  • 1,687Pupils
  • All-throughPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 142219URN

Yardley Green Road, Bordesley Green, Birmingham, B9 5QA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
7.5per place
3.3 above Birmingham median (4.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BirminghamSelective

905 applications for 120 places · 8th of 83 in Birmingham
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
40.1of 90
69th of 88 in Birmingham
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 10 March 2026Published 7 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 10 March 2026
    Report card · 7 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 28 September 2021
    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
7.5applications per place, Year 7
3.3 above Birmingham median (4.2) 5.3 above England median (2.2)

905 applications · 120 places offered · 90 named it first

  1. 2026 7.5; Birmingham median median 4.2
  2. 2025 8.5; Birmingham median median 4.3
  3. 2024 8.5; Birmingham median median 4.0
  4. 2023 8.6; Birmingham median median 4.1
  5. 2022 9.0; Birmingham median median 4.5
  6. 2021 8.7; Birmingham median median 4.3
  7. 2020 10.6; Birmingham median median 4.8
  8. 2019 14.6; Birmingham median median 4.8
  9. 2018 7.9; Birmingham median median 4.6
  10. 2017 7.7; Birmingham median median 4.5
  11. 2016 7.2; Birmingham median median 3.8
  12. 2015 7.2; Birmingham median median 3.6; as the previous school
  13. 2014 6.8; Birmingham median median 3.5; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Birmingham median in 11 of 11 years.
  • This school
  • Birmingham median

Dashed bars: as Waverley School (URN 103481), the previous school.

Reception entry, September 2026: 3.2 per place (126 applications for 40 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261209057.5900.75
Sep 20251179958.5970.83
Sep 20241181,0058.5910.77
Sep 20231201,0268.6950.79
Sep 20221161,0409.01161.00
Sep 20211201,0448.71411.18
Sep 20201191,26010.61601.34
Sep 2019861,25514.61962.28
Sep 20181811,4367.92731.51
Sep 20171801,3807.72541.41
Sep 20161741,2537.22821.62
Sep 2015 *1711,2287.22921.71
Sep 2014 *1801,2156.83431.91

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

214 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)40.169th of 88 in Birmingham
Grade 5 or above in English and maths36%59th of 88 in Birmingham
Grade 4 or above in English and maths52%
  • This school
  • Birmingham median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.04
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)21440.136%52%–
2024/2521341.934%56%–
2023/2421739.734%61%−0.04
2022/2318643.344%59%+0.02

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

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
All-through
URN · DfE number
142219 · 330/4009
Trust
The Waverley Education Foundation Ltd
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,947 pupils · 1,687 on roll
Free school meals
53.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 August 2015
Replaced
Waverley School (URN 103481)
Address
Yardley Green Road, Bordesley Green, Birmingham, B9 5QA
Local authority
Birmingham

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