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State secondary schools in Solihull

15 schools · West Midlands · 2024/25 Department for Education figures

Solihull has 15 state secondaries, 11 of them with sixth forms. 79.7% of families got their first choice last year, worse than most of England. Results run from 14.3% to 73.3% passing English and maths, a spread of 59 points, with a middle school at 46.4%, almost exactly England's 45.4%.

Of those Ofsted has graded, 8 Good, 1 Inadequate. 6 schools carry no overall grade at all — either inspected since Ofsted stopped issuing one in September 2024, or never inspected.

15 schools in Solihull. Tap one, or see the full list.
14% 73% passed English & maths

Solihull against England

State-funded schools, 2024/25

48%

Passed English & maths grade 5 or above

2.2% above England

England 45%

47

Attainment 8 average score

in line with England

England 46.1

20%

Persistently absent missed 10% of sessions

1.7% below England

England 21%

Getting a place

2026/27 secondary admissions round, across Solihull

79.7%

Got their first choiceof those who applied

England 84%

93.6%

Got one of their threefirst, second or third

0%

Got no offer at allfrom any preference

4%

Appeals upheld4 of 105 heard

These are figures for Solihull as a whole. A popular school can be much harder to get into than the average suggests, and the criteria that decide it are set by each school's own admission authority rather than centrally. How applying works

How much the choice matters here

Across Solihull's 15 schools, the share passing English and maths runs from 14% to 73%. That is a spread of 59 percentage points, about typical.

The typical council spans about 48 points. Where schools are close together the school a child gets matters less; where they are far apart it matters a great deal. The widest spreads are all selective areas, where grammar schools sit at one end and everything else at the other.

Solihull schools, subject by subject

The share reaching grade 4 or above, among schools entering at least 20 pupils. Which pupils take a subject differs a lot between schools, so read this as what happened rather than as a ranking of teaching.

mathsgeographyenglish literatureenglish languagecombined sciencehistoryartphysicschemistrybiologyfrenchcomputer sciencespanishbusiness studiesdesign technologyreligious studiesphotographymedia studies
  1. 1 Arden Solihull · 150 entries 81%
  2. 2 Alderbrook School Solihull · 137 entries 80%
  3. 3 Tudor Grange Academy, Solihull Solihull · 187 entries 78%
  4. 4 St Peter's Catholic School Solihull · 129 entries 75%
  5. 5 Lode Heath School Solihull · 116 entries 75%
  6. 6 Langley School Solihull · 128 entries 62%
  7. 7 Heart of England School Coventry · 101 entries 61%
  8. 8 Light Hall School Solihull · 121 entries 59%
  9. 9 Grace Academy Solihull Birmingham · 56 entries 55%
  10. 10 Lyndon School Solihull · 125 entries 54%
  11. 11 John Henry Newman Catholic College Birmingham · 109 entries 50%
  12. 12 Park Hall Academy Birmingham · 113 entries 45%
  13. 13 Smith's Wood Academy Birmingham · 77 entries 36%
  14. 14 Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst Birmingham · 93 entries 20%
  15. 15 WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull) Birmingham · 55 entries 13%
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Schools in neighbouring authorities are not in this list, because admissions run per authority. See bordering areas.

4 of 15 have no spare places. Sort the list, or narrow it first.

  • Alderbrook School Solihull · Good. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    65%
    Attainment 8
    54.2
    Absence
    14%
  • Arden Solihull · Good.
    Eng & maths
    73%
    Attainment 8
    59.6
    Absence
    12%
  • Grace Academy Solihull Birmingham · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    39%
    Attainment 8
    44.2
    Absence
    33%
  • Heart of England School Coventry · Good.
    Eng & maths
    47%
    Attainment 8
    47.2
    Absence
    19%
  • John Henry Newman Catholic College Birmingham · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    38%
    Attainment 8
    43.6
    Absence
    26%
  • Langley School Solihull · Good.
    Eng & maths
    46%
    Attainment 8
    47.6
    Absence
    17%
  • Light Hall School Solihull · Good.
    Eng & maths
    58%
    Attainment 8
    49.9
    Absence
    18%
  • Lode Heath School Solihull · Good. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    46%
    Attainment 8
    50.6
    Absence
    24%
  • Lyndon School Solihull · Good.
    Eng & maths
    48%
    Attainment 8
    49.7
    Absence
    17%
  • Park Hall Academy Birmingham · Good.
    Eng & maths
    41%
    Attainment 8
    45.6
    Absence
    26%
  • Smith's Wood Academy Birmingham · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    19%
    Attainment 8
    32.2
    Absence
    40%
  • St Peter's Catholic School Solihull · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    59%
    Attainment 8
    53.4
    Absence
    20%
  • Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst Birmingham · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    20%
    Attainment 8
    31.9
    Absence
    34%
  • Tudor Grange Academy, Solihull Solihull · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    72%
    Attainment 8
    58.7
    Absence
    12%
  • WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull) Birmingham · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    14%
    Attainment 8
    30.8
    Absence
    34%

Pick up to 4 schools to see them side by side in the comparison tool, subject by subject.

Sixth form · Key stage 5·2024/25

A levels in Solihull

10 of Solihull's 11 sixth forms publish A level results. Ranked on the share reaching AAB or better in at least two of the subjects universities name, which is the measure the steepest entry requirements are written in.

Sixth form Grade AAB+

A level results only. A sixth form running mostly BTECs and other applied courses will show a dash here and can still be the right one — those are graded on their own scale, where a distinction and an A grade carry the same points and mean different things.

Bordering Solihull

Near a boundary, schools on both sides are usually in reach. Whether a child can apply is set by each school's admission criteria, not by the border.

Birmingham 89 schools · 45% passed English & mathsCoventry 22 schools · 41% passed English & mathsWarwickshire 39 schools · 50% passed English & mathsWorcestershire 31 schools · 41% passed English & maths

What these mean

Attainment 8
The average pupil's total score across eight GCSE-equivalent subjects, with English and maths counting double. It is scored out of 90. A score of 50 is roughly equivalent to achieving a grade 5 across eight subjects.
Grades 4 and 5
GCSEs are graded from 9 down to 1. Grade 4 is a standard pass and broadly corresponds to the old grade C; grade 5 is what the government calls a strong pass. Grade 7 is broadly equivalent to an old grade A.
Persistent absence
The share of pupils who miss at least 10% of their possible sessions during the school year. This includes both authorised and unauthorised absence, so illness and other authorised reasons are included. Persistent absence has remained substantially higher than its pre-pandemic level.
First preference
The share of families who were offered the school they ranked first on their application, on national offer day in March. This figure is calculated across the relevant schools or admissions authority, so a high overall figure does not necessarily mean that every individual school is easy to get into.
Spare places
The amount of available capacity a school has compared with the number of pupils on roll. This is different from oversubscription: spare places measure whether a school has capacity, whereas oversubscription describes demand for places exceeding the number available. A school with no spare places may be popular, but a small school can also be full without receiving a large number of applications.
Average A-level grade
The average grade achieved across students' A-level entries. This is different from measures such as the proportion achieving AAB or better in two or more facilitating subjects, which are sometimes used to indicate higher attainment and university-entry performance.
Covers state-funded schools in England; independent schools are not included, and neither the list nor the subject figures above take account of them.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Key stage 4 performance and school characteristics: Department for Education, 2024/25. Inspection outcomes: Ofsted.