Secondary school

Park Hall Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Solihull
  • B36 9HF
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Nov 2017

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 1,654 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 51%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 56%56%2016/17: top 40%40% · 2016/172017/18: top 50%2018/19: top 41%2021/22: top 48%2022/23: top 58%2023/24: top 54%2024/25: top 51%No exams

A-level results

#95 of 241 West Midlands sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against West Midlands

Attainment 845.6 · West Midlands 44.16/10 Middle
Grade 5+ English and maths41.2% · West Midlands 39.3%6/10 Middle−6.7 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score3.74 · West Midlands 3.815/10 Middle
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.34 · West Midlands −0.104/10 Below−44 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry33.47 · West Midlands 31.737/10 Above+21.8 pts since 21/22
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 49.4 · 202 pupils · West Midlands 49.92016/17: 47.9 · 180 pupils · West Midlands 45.32017/18: 46 · 193 pupils · West Midlands 44.62018/19: 47.9 · 178 pupils · West Midlands 45.12021/22: 48.9 · 202 pupils · West Midlands 47.12022/23: 44.5 · 203 pupils · West Midlands 44.52023/24: 44.9 · 197 pupils · West Midlands 442024/25: 45.6 · 199 pupils · West Midlands 44.1549.444.5No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 28% · 180 pupils · West Midlands 37%2017/18: 37% · 193 pupils · West Midlands 37%2018/19: 39% · 178 pupils · West Midlands 38%2021/22: 51% · 202 pupils · West Midlands 46%2022/23: 33% · 203 pupils · West Midlands 40%2023/24: 40.1% · 197 pupils · West Midlands 41%2024/25: 41.2% · 199 pupils · West Midlands 39.3%51%28%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 26.28 · 29 pupils · West Midlands 27.92016/17: 28.79 · 44 pupils · West Midlands 28.62017/18: 27.22 · 59 pupils · West Midlands 29.062018/19: 26.85 · 46 pupils · West Midlands 30.052021/22: 34.43 · 60 pupils · West Midlands 35.232022/23: 31.3 · 50 pupils · West Midlands 30.952023/24: 31.84 · 53 pupils · West Midlands 31.612024/25: 33.47 · 49 pupils · West Midlands 31.7334.4326.28No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in82.9%
218 of 263 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 82.9%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st263218
2nd13410
3rd695

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2005–2023

  1. 2005Inadequateas predecessor
  2. 2008Inadequateas predecessor
  3. 2009Satisfactoryas predecessor
  4. 2012Satisfactory
  5. 2013Inadequate
  6. 2015Requires improvement
  7. 2017Good
  8. 2023Remains Good

5 strong areas

  • Outcomes for pupils
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management
  • Personal development, behaviour and welfare
  • 16 to 19 study programmes
  • Quality of teaching, learning and assessment

0 weak areas

5 areas graded

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,269
Free school meals (past 6 years)34.4%
First language not English6.5%
SEN support15.0%
EHC plan2.0%
Absence (sessions missed)9.8%
Persistently absent pupils26.4%

Girls 50.4%Boys 49.6%

87.5% full · 1,450 places · 163 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher16.4
Pupils per adult12.5
  • Classroom teachers 61.6
  • Leadership 16
  • Teaching assistants 18.6
  • Other support 15.8

Teachers 77.6 FTE · Whole workforce 112 · 121 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,273
Spend per pupil£7,943
Staff spend per pupil£5,767
Reserve per pupil£1,664
  • +£2,113,000revenue reserve
  • +£420,000in-year balance

Grants £8,149 · self-generated £213 · premises £928 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: ARDEN MULTI ACADEMY TRUST (6 academies) · trust reserve £8,325,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

197 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained90.9%
  • Education79.2%
  • Apprenticeship9.6%
  • Employment2%
  • Not sustained4.6%
  • Unknown4.6%

After sixth form (16–18)

85 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained83.5%
  • Education54.1%
  • Higher education52.9%
  • Apprenticeship7.1%
  • Employment22.4%
  • Not sustained14.1%
  • Unknown2.4%