Washwood Heath Academy

Washwood Heath Academy is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspection areas. The school has made significant strides in enhancing its curriculum, ensuring that pupils learn a wide range of subjects effectively. The teaching staff is knowledgeable, and they work hard to build upon what pupils already know. The environment promotes positive behaviour, and while there are some concerns regarding behaviour outside lessons, the school has measures in place to address these issues. The support for special educational needs and the commitment to promoting cultural awareness are also commendable.

Strengths

• Leaders have a clear and ambitious view of pupil learning.
• Teaching staff are knowledgeable and effectively support learning.
• Pupils behave very well in lessons and are eager to succeed.
• There is strong subject leadership improving achievement in secondary subjects.
• Early years provision effectively develops children's core skills.

Areas for Improvement

• Some behaviour outside lessons does not meet expectations.
• Year 7 pupils are repeating some work unnecessarily.
• Presentation of written work is sometimes untidy.

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 Washwood Heath Academy attended 91.2% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 29.8% 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, 9.8% of pupils at Washwood Heath Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 16 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 Washwood Heath Academy had 15.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.6% 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, 18.0% of pupils at Washwood Heath Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 0.8% 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 Washwood Heath Academy received £8,680 and spent £8,578 for each of its 1,717 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,821,000 (£1,060 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust, income was £9,233 and spending £8,951 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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Washwood Heath Academy is part of Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• Saltley Academy Birmingham
• Firs Primary School Birmingham
• Brownmead Primary Academy Birmingham
• Gossey Lane Academy Birmingham
• Timberley Academy Birmingham
• Tile Cross Academy Birmingham
• Topcliffe Primary School Birmingham

What is Washwood Heath Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Washwood Heath Academy is Good, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was Washwood Heath Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Washwood Heath Academy was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Washwood Heath Academy have?

Washwood Heath Academy has 1,668 pupils on roll.

What age range does Washwood Heath Academy cover?

Washwood Heath Academy for pupils aged 4 to 18.

What are Washwood Heath Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 44.4, and 41% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

What are Washwood Heath Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Washwood Heath Academy?

Washwood Heath Academy is at Burney Lane, Stechford, Birmingham, West Midlands, B8 2AS.