Park Hall Academy

Park Hall Academy continues to be recognized as a good school, maintaining a vibrant and inclusive environment where pupils feel proud and safe. The school demonstrates strong leadership and has created a purposeful start to each day, fostering positive behaviour and engagement among students. There is a commendable range of extracurricular activities catering to diverse interests and needs, including those of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities. The school has put a focus on building an ambitious curriculum that supports academic development, especially in the English Baccalaureate subjects.

Strengths

• Strong leadership with high expectations for pupils.
• A vibrant and inclusive school community.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND.
• Comprehensive careers program preparing pupils for future opportunities.
• Well-structured extra-curricular activities reflecting pupil interests.
• Pupils demonstrate good behaviour and respect.

Areas for Improvement

• Some teachers do not consistently check pupil understanding before progressing.
• Not enough pupils are reading widely for pleasure.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Park Hall Academy attended 90.3% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 26.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 5.9% of pupils at Park Hall Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 5 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Park Hall Academy had 16.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 16.5% of pupils at Park Hall Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Park Hall Academy received £8,335 and spent £8,425 for each of its 1,270 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £2,314,000 (£1,822 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of Arden Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,403 and spending £7,340 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Birmingham · Solihull local authority: places and applications

Park Hall Academy is part of Arden Multi Academy Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• Coppice Academy Solihull
• Lode Heath School Solihull
• Arden Solihull
• Dorridge Primary School Solihull
• Henley In Arden School Henley-In-Arden

What is Park Hall Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Park Hall Academy is Good, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was Park Hall Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Park Hall Academy was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does Park Hall Academy have?

Park Hall Academy has 1,269 pupils on roll.

What age range does Park Hall Academy cover?

Park Hall Academy for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Park Hall Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 46.1, and 42% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Park Hall Academy?

Park Hall Academy is at Water Orton Road, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, West Midlands, B36 9HF.