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Waseley Hills High School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

School Road, Rubery, Birmingham B45 9EL · waseleyhillsschool.org.uk · 0121 453 5211

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Feb 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
40.5
average Attainment 8 score. Worcestershire 44.2, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Worcestershire Council
Demand for places
0.8
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
782
90% of 868 places
Local authority
Worcestershire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
29.4%
First language not English
4%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Central Region Schools Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Worcestershire Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 133 families put the school first and 161 places were offered; 98% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 144 (Places 182)144September 2023: 96 (Places 146)96September 2024: 142 (Places 161)142September 2025: 132 (Places 160)132September 2026: 133 (Places 161)133Places 161
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261611330.898%
September 2025Sept 20251601320.898%
September 2024Sept 20241611420.999%
September 2023Sept 2023146960.799%
September 2022Sept 20221821440.899%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 40.5, and 39.8% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Worcestershire it was 44.2, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade D+ (24.2 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 43.3 (England 46.3)43.32017/18: 42.1 (England 46.5)42.12018/19: 46.6 (England 46.7)46.62021/22: 46.5 (England 48.8)46.52022/23: 43.6 (England 46.3)43.62023/24: 44.2 (England 45.9)44.22024/25: 40.5 (England 46.0)40.5England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼40.546.0
▼39.8%45.4%
●62.8%64.8%
▼24.8%40.5%
▼3.424.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form17.9−7.5
Sixth form college11.4+1.8
Further education56.9+7.8
Apprenticeship4.1−1.2
Employment0.8−0.1
Not in a lasting destination6.5+1.2
Activity not captured2.4−1.1

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 28.6 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 23.8 (England 31.1)D+2017/18: 24.5 (England 32.1)D+2018/19: 25.8 (England 32.9)C-2021/22: 33.8 (England 37.9)C+2022/23: 30.2 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 25.8 (England 34.4)C-2024/25: 24.2 (England 35.0)D+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
16 studentsD+ (24.2)Average +0.05
16 studentsD+ (24.2)Average +0.05
0%AAB or better
88.9%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2424C- (25.8)-0.27
2022/2330C (30.2)—
2021/2228C+ (33.8)—
2018/1934C- (25.8)-0.37
2017/1835D+ (24.5)-0.21
2016/1750D+ (23.8)-0.39
2015/1643C (28.6)+0.12

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University63−2.5
Apprenticeship11.1+4.2
Employment14.8−9.3
Not in a lasting destination11.1+7.7

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Waseley Hills High School on 4 February 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
4 Feb 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jun 2022

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Dec 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Jun 2022Requires improvement
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
    Personal developmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    Sixth formRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Jan 2022Monitoring visitEffective action

Before September 2019

  • Jun 2018Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Jan 2015Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
  • Jan 2013Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement

What parents said

74% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (61 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
74%
Replies
61
8% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼77% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼80% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼72% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼78% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼70% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼57% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing●85% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼85% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼85% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼58% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼70% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 87% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly●49% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 43% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼43% agreeEngland 67%

based on 23 parents (38%) with SEND

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