This schoolOther secondary schools in BirminghamSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 15 May 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding · as Swanshurst School, URN 103514
- 1 November 2017Graded inspection: Outstanding · as Swanshurst School, URN 103514
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 entry1,012 applications · 329 places offered · 312 named it first
- 2026 3.1; Birmingham median median 4.2
- 2025 3.1; Birmingham median median 4.3
- 2024 3.2; Birmingham median median 4.0; as the previous school
- 2023 2.9; Birmingham median median 4.1; as the previous school
- 2022 3.3; Birmingham median median 4.5; as the previous school
- 2021 3.1; Birmingham median median 4.3; as the previous school
- 2020 3.3; Birmingham median median 4.8; as the previous school
- 2019 2.9; Birmingham median median 4.8; as the previous school
- 2018 2.8; Birmingham median median 4.6; as the previous school
- 2017 2.7; Birmingham median median 4.5; as the previous school
- 2016 2.4; Birmingham median median 3.8; as the previous school
- 2015 2.4; Birmingham median median 3.6; as the previous school
- 2014 2.5; Birmingham median median 3.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Birmingham median
Dashed bars: as Swanshurst School (URN 103514), the previous school.
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 | 329 | 1,012 | 3.1 | 312 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 328 | 1,001 | 3.1 | 284 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2024 * | 328 | 1,042 | 3.2 | 281 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2023 * | 359 | 1,022 | 2.9 | 280 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2022 * | 298 | 988 | 3.3 | 286 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2021 * | 300 | 929 | 3.1 | 281 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2020 * | 330 | 1,087 | 3.3 | 304 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2019 * | 328 | 964 | 2.9 | 289 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2018 * | 298 | 839 | 2.8 | 224 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2017 * | 300 | 810 | 2.7 | 246 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2016 * | 299 | 710 | 2.4 | 223 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2015 * | 300 | 720 | 2.4 | 240 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2014 * | 300 | 750 | 2.5 | 231 | 0.77 |
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.) | 302 | 53.3 | 55% | 73% | – |
| 2024/25 * | 327 | 50.2 | 51% | 72% | – |
| 2023/24 * | 324 | 51.6 | 53% | 74% | +0.25 |
| 2022/23 * | 298 | 51.2 | 54% | 71% | +0.43 |
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
- Swanshurst SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRemains Outstanding20243.1applications per place 53.3Attainment 8
- 0.7 km · BirminghamGraded · no overall grade20254.6applications per place 48.2Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · BirminghamGood20236.2applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 0.9 km · Birmingham20265.2applications per place 51.9Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · BirminghamSpecial measures 20255.8applications per place 41.0Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · BirminghamGood20236.4applications per place 50.1Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · Birmingham20266.1applications per place 78.8Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.7 km · BirminghamOutstanding20235.5applications per place 78.4Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.9 km · BirminghamGraded · no overall grade20256.6applications per place 44.4Attainment 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
- 151403 · 330/4237
- Trust
- West Midlands Academy Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,943 pupils · 1,928 on roll
- Free school meals
- 45.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 2025
- Replaced
- Swanshurst School (URN 103514)
- Address
- Brook Lane, Billesley, Birmingham, B13 0TW
- Local authority
- Birmingham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources