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Lode Heath School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Lode Lane, Solihull B91 2HW · lodeheathschool.co.uk · 0121 704 1421
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 50.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Solihull 47, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Solihull Council
- Demand for places
- 0.5
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,096
- 98% of 1,115 places
- Local authority
- Solihull
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 27.5%
- First language not English
- 15.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Solihull Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 123 families put the school first and 246 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 246 | 123 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 230 | 117 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 234 | 140 | 0.6 | 86% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 237 | 179 | 0.8 | 79% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 237 | 198 | 0.8 | 75% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2024 | 2.34 mi3.77 km | |
The council says all on time applicants were offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 50.6, and 46.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Solihull it was 47, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲50.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ●46.2% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲73.8% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲49.8% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.44 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 13.9 | +6.9 |
| Sixth form college | 24.3 | −3.8 |
| Further education | 40 | −7.8 |
| Other education | 0.9 | +0.5 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.9 | −1.4 |
| Employment | 5.2 | +2.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 10 | +5.2 |
| Activity not captured | 1.7 | −1.8 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 27 November 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Lode Heath School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 26 Nov 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Jun 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Mar 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Mar 2009Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
80% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (56 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 80%
- Replies
- 56
- 5% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 84% who raised concerns
based on the 39% who had a child bullied
based on 25 parents (45%) with SEND