Langley School

Langley School is performing well overall, maintaining a good standard of education since its last inspection. The school fosters an inclusive and welcoming environment, which many pupils appreciate for its diverse community. Pupils are engaged in a broad range of activities and demonstrate positive attitudes towards their learning and behaviour, contributing to a calm atmosphere within the school. However, some areas require improvement, including the consistency of feedback given by teachers and communication regarding bullying incidents, which affects some pupils' confidence in how such issues are handled by the school.

Strengths

• Pupils benefit from an inclusive and diverse school community.
• Teachers demonstrate good subject knowledge and adapt lessons for pupils with SEND.
• The curriculum is ambitious and well-planned with clear learning objectives.
• Pupils enjoy a range of extracurricular activities and feel valued.
• Strong emphasis on personal development through structured programmes.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in how teachers check pupils' understanding.
• Slow response from leaders to address identified weaknesses.
• Some pupils lack confidence in the school's handling of bullying incidents.
• Variation in the delivery of the personal development programme across classes.

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 Langley School attended 92.0% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 20.4% 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, 2.5% of pupils at Langley School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No 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 Langley School had 16.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.6% 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, 15.2% of pupils at Langley School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 7.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has resourced provision with 42 pupils.

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 Langley School received £8,466 and spent £8,418 for each of its 1,047 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,684,000 (£1,609 per pupil).

Across all 4 schools of Collaborative Education Trust, income was £5,823 and spending £5,800 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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Langley School is part of Collaborative Education Trust, which runs 4 schools. The nearest others:

• Oak Cottage Primary School Solihull
• Haslucks Green School Solihull
• Coleshill Heath School Birmingham

What is Langley School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Langley School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Langley School last inspected by Ofsted?

Langley School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Langley School have?

Langley School has 1,050 pupils on roll.

What age range does Langley School cover?

Langley School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Langley School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 45.8, and 48% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Langley School?

Langley School is at Kineton Green Road, Olton, Solihull, West Midlands, B92 7ER.