Smith's Wood Academy

Type	Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range	11-16
Religion	Does not apply
Address	Windward Way Smith's Wood Birmingham West Midlands B36 0UE
Phone	01217884100
Reference Number	143895

General Makeup

Number of pupils	781
Boy/Girl ratio	Boys: 47.63% Girls: 52.37%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals	58.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language	8.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes

24.2

Year Groups

Year	Boys	Girls	Total
7	83	87	170
8	82	80	162
9	69	78	147
10	71	86	157
11	67	78	145

Ethnicities

Ethnicity	Percentage
White, British	71.4%
White & Black (Caribbean)	8.5%
African	4.4%
White, Other	2.7%
White & Asian	2.6%
Mixed, Other	2%
Caribbean	1.4%
Pakistani	1.4%
Chinese	1%
White & Black (African)	0.9%
Unclassified	0.5%
Asian, Other	0.5%
Indian	0.1%
Irish	0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating	Inadequate
> Quality of education	Inadequate
> Behaviour & Attitude	Inadequate
> Personal Development	Inadequate
> Leadership & Management	Inadequate
Last Inspection Date	2025-01-16

Date	Description	Report
2024-12-10	Monitoring visit	Monitoring visit
2024-05-01	Monitoring visit	Monitoring visit
2023-10-11	Monitoring visit	Monitoring visit
2023-03-07	School inspection:	School inspection:
2019-05-01	Full inspection:	Full inspection:
2018-03-08	Monitoring visit	Monitoring visit
	Converted to an academy

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)
30	Unlock	Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric	School Score	Percentile (local)	Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths	16.6%	Unlock	Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C)	29%	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

Note: Exam results were not published in 2021 and 2022 due to the pandemic.

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

Note: Exam results were not published in 2021 and 2022 due to the pandemic.

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Progress 8 Score

Note: Exam results were not published in 2021 and 2022 due to the pandemic.

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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2024 Admissions

	Number of Applications	Number of Offers
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Second Preference	41	14
Third Preference	40	14
From another Local Authority	135	45

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
St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School Arran Way, Smith's Wood, Birmingham, West Midlands, B36 0QE	0.12 miles
Kingshurst Primary School School Close, Kingshurst, Birmingham, West Midlands, B37 6BN	0.29 miles
Smith's Wood Primary Academy Burton's Way, Smith's Wood, Birmingham, West Midlands, B36 0SZ	0.35 miles
St Anthony's Catholic Primary School Fordbridge Road, Kingshurst, Birmingham, West Midlands, B37 6LW	0.54 miles
Yorkswood Primary School Kingshurst Way, Kingshurst, Birmingham, West Midlands, B37 6DF	0.72 miles
Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School Hurst Lane, Shard End, Birmingham, West Midlands, B34 7HN	0.82 miles
Castle Bromwich Junior School Castle Bromwich Junior School Hurst Lane North, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, West Midlands, B36 0HD	0.89 miles
Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School Green Lane, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, West Midlands, B36 0BX	0.94 miles
Hillstone Primary School Hillstone Road, Shard End, Birmingham, West Midlands, B34 7PY	0.96 miles
Water Orton Primary School Plank Lane, Water Orton, Birmingham, Warwickshire, B46 1SG	1.08 miles
Timberley Academy Bradley Road, Shard End, Birmingham, West Midlands, B34 7RL	1.12 miles
Fordbridge Community Primary School Crabtree Drive, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham, West Midlands, B37 5BU	1.18 miles
St Anne's Catholic Primary School Bosworth Drive, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham, West Midlands, B37 5DP	1.24 miles
Leycroft Academy Gressel Lane, Birmingham, B33 9UE	1.46 miles
Windy Arbor Primary School Woodlands Way, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham, West Midlands, B37 6RN	1.49 miles
Bishop Wilson Church of England Primary School 10 Craig Croft, Chelmund's Cross, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham, West Midlands, B37 7TR	1.5 miles
High Meadow Community School High Meadow Community School, Norton Road, Coleshill, Warwickshire, B46 1ES	1.52 miles
Brownmead Primary Academy Pencroft Road, Shard End, Birmingham, West Midlands, B34 6SS	1.52 miles
Coleshill Church of England Primary School Wingfield Road, Coleshill, Birmingham, West Midlands, B46 3LL	1.59 miles
The Shirestone Academy Shirestone Road, Tile Cross, Birmingham, West Midlands, B33 0DH	1.61 miles

Name	Distance
Forest Oak School Windward Way, Smith's Wood, Birmingham, West Midlands, B36 0UE	0.1 miles
Merstone School Windward Way, Smith's Wood, Birmingham, West Midlands, B36 0UE	0.1 miles
The Heights Academy Auckland Drive, Solihull, B36 0DD	0.78 miles
Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst Cooks Lane, Solihull, Birmingham, B37 6NU	0.86 miles
Castlewood School Lanchester Way, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, West Midlands, B36 9LF	1.02 miles
John Henry Newman Catholic College Chelmsley Road, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham, West Midlands, B37 5GA	1.02 miles
WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull) Chelmsley Road, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham, B37 5FD	1.09 miles
SILVER BIRCH SCHOOL 170 Packington Avenue, Shard End, Birmingham, B34 7RD	1.23 miles
Park Hall Academy Water Orton Road, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, West Midlands, B36 9HF	1.24 miles
Tile Cross Academy Gressel Lane, Tile Cross, Birmingham, West Midlands, B33 9UF	1.48 miles
Centre for Accelerated Learning Sheldon Hall Avenue, Birmingham, B33 0HA	1.49 miles
Grace Academy Solihull Chapelhouse Road, Chelmsey Wood, Birmingham, West Midlands, B37 5JS	1.66 miles
The Coleshill School Coventry Road, Coleshill, Birmingham, Warwickshire, B46 3EX	1.87 miles
Hallmoor School 50 Scholars Gate, Kitts Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, B33 0DL	1.91 miles
Woodlands Packington Lane, Coleshill, Birmingham, West Midlands, B46 3JE	1.92 miles
Lea Hall Academy Hallmoor Road, Birmingham, West Midlands, B33 9QY	1.99 miles
Greenwood Academy Farnborough Road, Castle Vale, Birmingham, West Midlands, B35 7NL	2.19 miles
King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy Sheldon Heath Road, Sheldon, Birmingham, West Midlands, B26 2RZ	2.57 miles
Cockshut Hill School Cockshut Hill, Yardley, Birmingham, West Midlands, B26 2HX	2.78 miles
Riverside Education 2 Riverside Drive, Stechford, Birmingham, West Midlands, B33 9BF	3.08 miles

Smith's Wood Academy

General Makeup

Class Sizes

Year Groups

Ethnicities

Attainment 8 Score

GCSE Results

Progress 8 Score

Attainment 8 Score

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

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2024 Admissions

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

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Basics

Age Range

Special Schools

Independent Schools

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Key Stage 2 Attainment

Students Meeting expected standard

Students Meeting higher standard

GCSE Attainment

Attainment 8 score percentile

Students getting 5 or more GCSE's at grade 9-4 (A-C)