Washwood Heath Academy
Birmingham, B8 2AS · Birmingham · all-through school
47th of 85 secondary schools in Birmingham we can score, 89 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still — 7.5/10 against 257 of them, against 4.7/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.
How this is worked out
| Measure | Percentile | Weight | Adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ofsted | 52 | 35% | 1.81 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 | 38.6 · 37 | 30% | 1.10 |
| Progress 8 2023/24 | 0.19 · 64 | 25% | 1.60 |
| Attainment 8 2024/25 | 42.9 · 34 | 10% | 0.34 |
Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.
Get to know the school
How it's doing. The school is rated Good by Ofsted, inspected in 2025-06. In 2024/25, 38.6% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 42.9, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was +0.19 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did better than those nationally who started from the same place. Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still (7.5 out of 10 against similar schools, 4.7 out of 10 against all schools).
Getting in. There are 1706 pupils in a school with 1476 places, meaning it is over capacity by 230. The school is over its stated capacity, so places are competitive.
Worth asking on a visit. With the school 230 places over capacity, how does the admissions process handle new applications? Since the 2025 inspection is recent, what specific improvements have been made since the last report? How does the school support pupils to close the gap between their Attainment 8 score and the national median?
Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.
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