Waverley Studio College
Secondary · Studio schools · Mixed · Birmingham
470 Belchers Lane, Birmingham, B9 5SX
38
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
—
No council data
Attendance
78.2%
54.9% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
223
Capacity used
Has space74%
300 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Details
- Type
- Studio schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 14–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Stephen Taylor
- Address
- 470 Belchers Lane, Bordesley Green, Birmingham, B9 5SX
- Phone
- 01215666622
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Ward / constituency
- Heartlands · Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 139788
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 40% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 58% | — | — |
| SEN support | 35% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE WAVERLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION LTD
223 pupils · 300 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
23 September 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 162 pupils
Attendance
78.2%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
21.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
54.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
22.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
11.6%
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 | 26.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -1.42 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 15% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 33% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 2.12 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | — | — | — |
Average grade: NE (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 21.9 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 12.7% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 25.5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 1.83 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 55 | — |
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 | 40 | 35 |
| Average grade | B | — |
| A-level students | 7 | — |
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 | 53 | 2% | 19% | 34% | |
| English Language | 51 | 0% | 12% | 39% | |
| Combined Science | 46 | 0% | 9% | 15% | |
| English Literature | 34 | 0% | 21% | 41% | |
| Art and Design | 14 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Religious Studies | 14 | 0% | 14% | 14% | |
| Social Studies | 13 | 0% | 8% | 38% | |
| Biology | 7 | 0% | 29% | 86% | |
| Physics | 7 | 14% | 71% | 86% | |
| Chemistry | 7 | 0% | 71% | 100% | |
| Arabic | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Urdu | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 34% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 2% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 36% | — | — |
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 Birmingham 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.