Yardleys School

Yardleys School has been rated as good overall with exceptional strength in behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. The school has successfully built an inclusive community where pupils feel valued and well-supported. Staff model positive behaviours, creating a safe and engaging learning environment. The curriculum is expansive, allowing pupils to explore diverse interests and subjects, and has a strong emphasis on preparing students for their futures. This is the school's first inspection since becoming an academy, and previously, it was considered outstanding before this transition.

Strengths

• Strong leadership and management with a clear vision and commitment.
• Outstanding behaviour and attitudes among pupils.
• Comprehensive personal development curriculum aligned with school values.
• Rich and diverse education with extensive extracurricular opportunities.
• High-quality curriculum crafted and delivered by knowledgeable staff.
• Strong emphasis on community and staff wellbeing.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent delivery of the ambitious curriculum leading to gaps in pupils' understanding.

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 Yardleys School attended 92.7% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 22.2% 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, 8.0% of pupils at Yardleys School 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 Yardleys School had 15.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.7% 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 Yardleys School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 1.5% 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 Yardleys School received £9,693 and spent £9,558 for each of its 932 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £2,367,000 (£2,540 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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What is Yardleys School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Yardleys School is Good, from an inspection in April 2023.

When was Yardleys School last inspected by Ofsted?

Yardleys School was last inspected in April 2023.

How many pupils does Yardleys School have?

Yardleys School has 930 pupils on roll.

What age range does Yardleys School cover?

Yardleys School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Yardleys School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 43.6, and 41% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Yardleys School?

Yardleys School is at Reddings Lane, Tyseley, Birmingham, West Midlands, B11 3EY.