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Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

Cooks Lane, Solihull, Birmingham B37 6NU · kingshurst.tgacademy.org.uk · 0121 329 8300

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Sept 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
31.9
average Attainment 8 score. Solihull 47, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Solihull Council
Demand for places
0.6
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,151
74% of 1,550 places
Local authority
Solihull
Sixth form
Yes
Free school meals
60.3%
First language not English
5.3%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Tudor Grange Academies Trust

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, 111 families put the school first and 200 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 187 (Places 249)187September 2023: 227 (Places 247)227September 2024: 126 (Places 242)126September 2025: 137 (Places 230)137September 2026: 111 (Places 200)111Places 200
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262001110.6100%
September 2025Sept 20252301370.6100%
September 2024Sept 20242421260.599%
September 2023Sept 20232472270.986%
September 2022Sept 20222491870.891%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 31.9, and 19.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Solihull it was 47, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade D+ (21.9 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: 38.3 (England 46.3)38.32018/19: 38.0 (England 46.7)38.02021/22: 40.7 (England 48.8)40.72022/23: 35.7 (England 46.3)35.72023/24: 34.4 (England 45.9)34.42024/25: 31.9 (England 46.0)31.9England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼31.946.0
▼19.7%45.4%
▼41.4%64.8%
▼17.2%40.5%
▼2.744.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 135684)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form22.2+5
Sixth form college9.6−3.6
Further education47−1
Apprenticeship2.5−0.4
Employment0.5−3.9
Not in a lasting destination11.6+2.3
Activity not captured6.6+2.7

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252021/22: 28.8 (England 37.9)C2022/23: 21.1 (England 34.2)D2023/24: 23.0 (England 34.4)D+2024/25: 21.9 (England 35.0)D+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
18 studentsD+ (21.9)Average -0.14
18 studentsD+ (21.9)Average -0.14
24 studentsMerit+ (27.3)Average -0.08
0%AAB or better
73.3%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2424D+ (23)-0.23
2022/2343D (21.1)—
2021/2238C (28.8)—

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University26.4−7.4
Further education3.8+1.1
Apprenticeship7.5−0.6
Employment37.7+6.6
Not in a lasting destination15.1−2.5
Activity not captured9.4+2.6

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst on 23 September 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
23 Sept 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Sixth formGood

Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Jan 2023

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 135684), which Ofsted links to this one.

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Jun 2025Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Mar 2025Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Nov 2024Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Apr 2024Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Jan 2023Inadequate
    Quality of educationInadequate
    Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
    Personal developmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2017Inadequate
    Outcomes for pupilsInadequate
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentInadequate
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareInadequate
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 135684)

  • Jan 2013Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 135684)

What parents said

25% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (104 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
25%
Replies
104
9% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼40% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼39% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼21% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼47% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼38% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼24% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼39% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼45% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼57% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼23% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼24% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 91% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼25% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 67% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼23% agreeEngland 67%

based on 44 parents (42%) with SEND

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