Arden

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-18
Religion Does not apply
Address Station Road
Knowle
Solihull
West Midlands
B93 0PT
Phone 01564773348
Reference Number 136333

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1820
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.99%
Girls: 49.01%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 11.1%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 6.7%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21.7

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 151 154 305
8 172 134 306
9 150 156 306
10 139 159 298
11 154 149 303
12 84 65 149
13 78 75 153

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 72.9%
Indian 6.3%
Pakistani 3.8%
Chinese 3.4%
White, Other 2.4%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2%
White & Asian 1.8%
Asian, Other 1.5%
Unclassified 1.3%
Mixed, Other 1.3%
White & Black (African) 0.5%
Irish 0.5%
African 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Sixth Form Provision Good
Last Inspection Date 2022-09-21
Date Description Report
2022-06-14 School inspection: School inspection:
2012-02-14 Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter
2011-01-07 Interim assessment Interim assessment
Previously as Arden School
2008-11-10 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2008-03-12 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2006-09-25 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2005-05-16 Full inspection Full inspection
2008-11-10 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2008-03-12 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2006-09-25 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2005-05-16 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
57.7 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 67.8% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 80.9% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 39.52 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 39.62 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade B C+ C+
Average Grade (best 3) B C+ C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 13.5% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 147 9
Third Preference 154 5
From another Local Authority 101 8

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name Distance
Knowle Church of England Primary Academy
Kixley Lane, Knowle, Solihull, West Midlands, B93 0JE
0.41 miles
St George and St Teresa Catholic Primary School
Mill Lane, Bentley Heath, Solihull, West Midlands, B93 8PA
0.63 miles
Dorridge Primary School
Station Road, Dorridge, Solihull, West Midlands, B93 8EU
0.74 miles
Bentley Heath Church of England Primary School
Widney Close, Bentley Heath, Solihull, West Midlands, B93 9AS
0.84 miles
Springfield House Community Special School
Kenilworth Road, Knowle, Solihull, West Midlands, B93 0AJ
1.43 miles
Lady Katherine Leveson Church of England Primary School
Fen End Road West, Temple Balsall, Knowle, Solihull, West Midlands, B93 0AN
1.77 miles
Monkspath Junior and Infant School
Farmhouse Way, Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands, B90 4EH
2.03 miles
St Alphege Church of England Junior School
Widney Manor Road, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 3JG
2.14 miles
St Alphege Church of England Infant and Nursery School
New Road, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 3DW
2.36 miles
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School
Whitefields Road, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 3NZ
2.58 miles
Ruckleigh School
17 Lode Lane, Solihull, B91 2AB
2.75 miles
Tudor Grange Primary Academy Yew Tree
Wherretts Well Lane, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 2SD
2.78 miles
Widney Junior School
Clifton Crescent, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 3LQ
2.85 miles
Eversfield Preparatory School
Warwick Road, Solihull, B91 1AT
2.86 miles
Tudor Grange Primary Academy Hockley Heath
School Road, Hockley Heath, Solihull, West Midlands, B94 6RA
2.87 miles
Cranmore Infant School
Northland Road, Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands, B90 4SA
3.01 miles
Cheswick Green Primary School
Cheswick Way, Cheswick Green, Solihull, West Midlands, B90 4HG
3.02 miles
Coppice Academy
Coppice Road, Solihull, West Midlands, B92 9JY
3.19 miles
George Fentham Endowed School
Fentham Road, Hampton-in-Arden, Solihull, West Midlands, B92 0AY
3.22 miles
Greswold Primary School
Buryfield Road, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 2AZ
3.23 miles
Name Distance
Solihull Sixth Form College
Widney Manor Road, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 3WR
2.03 miles
Solihull School
Warwick Road, Solihull, B91 3DJ
2.46 miles
St Peter's Catholic School
Whitefields Road, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 3NZ
2.55 miles
Tudor Grange Academy, Solihull
Dingle Lane, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 3PD
2.67 miles
Solihull College & University Centre
Blossomfield Campus, Blossomfield Road, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 1SB
2.83 miles
Alderbrook School
Blossomfield Road, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 1SN
2.88 miles
Lode Heath School
Lode Lane, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 2HW
3.29 miles
Heart of England School
Gipsy Lane, Balsall Common, Coventry, West Midlands, CV7 7FW
3.83 miles
Light Hall School
Hathaway Road, Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands, B90 2PZ
4.02 miles
Kingswood School
St James Place, Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands, B90 2BA
4.03 miles
Langley School
Kineton Green Road, Olton, Solihull, West Midlands, B92 7ER
4.31 miles
Hazel Oak School
Hazel Oak Road, Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands, B90 2AZ
4.32 miles
Reynalds Cross School
Kineton Green Road, Olton, Solihull, West Midlands, B92 7ER
4.39 miles
The Island Project School
Jerrings Hall Farm, Tanworth Lane, Shirley, Solihull, B90 4DX
4.41 miles
Lyndon School
Daylesford Road, Solihull, West Midlands, B92 8EJ
4.91 miles
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