Lordswood Boys' School

Lordswood Boys' School demonstrates strong overall performance with notable strengths in safeguarding, pupil achievement, and community engagement. The school is committed to supporting disadvantaged pupils, who consistently achieve above national averages, showing a positive trend towards narrowing the achievement gap. However, there are areas that require improvement, particularly in subjects like languages and the arts, where pupil performance lags behind national expectations. Leaders are active in addressing these gaps to enhance outcomes across the curriculum.

Strengths

• Effective safeguarding measures creating a safe environment for pupils.
• High achievement levels among disadvantaged pupils surpassing national averages.
• Strong community engagement and a supportive school culture.
• Broad range of extracurricular opportunities that promote pupil interests.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent achievement in languages and arts subjects.
• Support for pupils to raise concerns about bullying is limited.
• Some gaps in pupils' understanding are not promptly identified.

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 Lordswood Boys' School attended 92.0% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 27.0% 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, 11.3% of pupils at Lordswood Boys' 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 2024–25 Lordswood Boys' School had 46.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 21.4% 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, 13.4% of pupils at Lordswood Boys' School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 0.5% 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 Lordswood Boys' School received £7,393 and spent £7,546 for each of its 656 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £20,000 (£30 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 Lordswood Boys' School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Lordswood Boys' School is Expected standard, from an inspection in April 2026.

When was Lordswood Boys' School last inspected by Ofsted?

Lordswood Boys' School was last inspected in April 2026.

How many pupils does Lordswood Boys' School have?

Lordswood Boys' School has 659 pupils on roll.

What age range does Lordswood Boys' School cover?

Lordswood Boys' School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Lordswood Boys' School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 45.2, and 51% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Lordswood Boys' School?

Lordswood Boys' School is at Hagley Road, Harborne, Birmingham, West Midlands, B17 8BJ.