Park Hall Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Solihull
Water Orton Road, Birmingham, B36 9HF
64
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
79%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
90.3%
26.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,269
Capacity used
Has space88%
1,450 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
79%
1st preference success rate
224 of 284 families who put it first got an offer
234
Places offered
570
Total applications
2.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 284 | 224 | ● 79% |
| 2nd preference | 130 | 8 | ● 6% |
| 3rd preference | 55 | 1 | ● 2% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 101 | 1 | ● 1% |
| Total | 570 | 234 | 41% |
1st preference success by year
Solihull lets families list 6 preferences. 278 applications came from outside the council area (52 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Toby Close
- Address
- Water Orton Road, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, B36 9HF
- Phone
- 01217480400
- Local authority
- Solihull
- Ward / constituency
- Castle Bromwich · Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 135971
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 35% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 7% | — | — |
| SEN support | 14% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ARDEN MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
1,269 pupils · 1,450 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
18 May 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,124 pupils
Attendance
90.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
9.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
26.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
4.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
4.6%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 44.9 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.34 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 40% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 65% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.72 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 31.84 | — | — |
Average grade: C+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 45.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 41.2% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 63.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 24.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.74 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 199 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 33.47 | 35 |
| Average grade | C+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 10% | 17% |
| A-level students | 49 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 198 | 16% | 45% | 68% | |
| English Language | 197 | 11% | 47% | 66% | |
| English Literature | 196 | 10% | 48% | 70% | |
| Combined Science | 169 | 9% | 33% | 50% | |
| Geography | 113 | 12% | 35% | 45% | |
| History | 105 | 20% | 49% | 54% | |
| Social Studies | 62 | 16% | 42% | 53% | |
| Art and Design | 51 | 27% | 73% | 80% | |
| Business | 49 | 10% | 41% | 53% | |
| Biology | 29 | 24% | 79% | 90% | |
| Spanish | 28 | 36% | 57% | 82% | |
| Physics | 27 | 15% | 67% | 81% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology | 13 | 23% | 62% | 100% | |
| Psychology | 12 | 0% | 17% | 42% | |
| Biology | 8 | 13% | 13% | 13% | |
| History | 8 | 0% | 13% | 63% | |
| Chemistry | 7 | 0% | 14% | 14% | |
| Mathematics | 7 | 0% | 29% | 29% | |
| Government and Politics | 7 | 0% | 0% | 57% | |
| Photography | 6 | 0% | 17% | 17% | |
| Geography | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| English Literature | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Business Studies | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Fine Art | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #352 of 1,857 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 15044: Park Hall Academy, Birmingham
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Applications | <3 |
| Offers | <3 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | <3 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 50% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 6% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 50% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Solihull council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.