Washwood Heath Academy

GCSE results 2024/25

On Attainment 8 this school is in the lower half of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the better-performing half.

Progress 8 2023/24

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

Pupils

Pupils on roll

1668

Places

1476

How full

Full — 1668 pupils against 1476 places

Girls / boys

741 / 927

Overall absence

9%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent

30%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years

58%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language

63%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan

1%

England 3.5%

On SEN support

18%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training

88%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education

86%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship

0%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form

22%

No sustained destination

6%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort

265

After sixth form

Went to university

43%

England 50%

In education, work or training

66%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship

2%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort

53

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went on to a degree

46%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort

59

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Birmingham 055D, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree

21%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications

34%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home

48%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing

35%

England 17%

Households with no car

33%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive

50%

England 39.9%

School details

Type

Academy converter

Phase

All-through

Ages

Ages 4–18

Gender

Mixed

Admissions

Non-selective

Religious character

None

Sixth form

Yes

Nursery

No

Boarding

Day school

Trust

WASHWOOD HEATH MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

Headteacher

Head of Academy: Lynn Petrie

Local authority

Birmingham

Ward

Ward End

Constituency

Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North

URN

139888

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest all-through schools

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded all-through schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.