Secondary school

Waverley Studio College

  • Studio School
  • ages 14–19
  • Mixed
  • Birmingham
  • B9 5SX
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Jan 2017

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 3,279 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 100%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 96%96%2016/17: top 76%76% · 2016/172017/18: top 96%2018/19: top 100%2021/22: top 100%2022/23: top 99%2023/24: top 100%2024/25: top 100%No exams

Against West MidlandsArrows: West Midlands rank change since 2021/22

Attainment 821.9 · West Midlands 44.11/10 Well below West Midlands
Grade 5+ English and maths12.7% · West Midlands 39.3%1/10 Well below West Midlands−6.8 pts
EBacc point score1.83 · West Midlands 3.811/10 Well below West Midlands
Progress 8 · 2023/24-1.42 · West Midlands −0.101/10 Well below West Midlands
A level points per entryNot enough data · West Midlands 31.7Suppressed in 2024/25 (too few pupils to publish)
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 39.7 · 44 pupils · West Midlands 49.92016/17: 41.5 · 52 pupils · West Midlands 45.32017/18: 34.2 · 64 pupils · West Midlands 44.62018/19: 29.9 · 57 pupils · West Midlands 45.12021/22: 29.3 · 45 pupils · West Midlands 47.12022/23: 30.8 · 55 pupils · West Midlands 44.52023/24: 26.4 · 52 pupils · West Midlands 442024/25: 21.9 · 55 pupils · West Midlands 44.1541.521.9No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 21% · 52 pupils · West Midlands 37%2017/18: 8% · 64 pupils · West Midlands 37%2018/19: 14% · 57 pupils · West Midlands 38%2021/22: 27% · 45 pupils · West Midlands 46%2022/23: 16% · 55 pupils · West Midlands 40%2023/24: 15.4% · 52 pupils · West Midlands 41%2024/25: 12.7% · 55 pupils · West Midlands 39.3%27%8%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: withheld (3 pupils)2016/17: withheld (2 pupils)2017/18: withheld2018/19: 44 · 6 pupils · West Midlands 30.052021/22: withheld (2 pupils)2022/23: 40 · 7 pupils · West Midlands 30.952023/24: withheld2024/25: withheld4440No exams

Withheld 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2021/22, 2023/24, 2024/25

Getting in

No admissions figures or last distance offered published

Inspections · 2015–2022

  1. 2015Inadequate
  2. 2016Ungraded visit
  3. 2016Ungraded visit
  4. 2016Ungraded visit
  5. 2017Good
  6. 2022Remains Good

4 strong areas

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

1 weak areas

  • Outcomes for pupils

5 areas graded

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026223
Free school meals (past 6 years)56.6%
First language not English49.8%
SEN support37.5%
EHC plan0.4%
Absence (sessions missed)21.9%
Persistently absent pupils54.9%

Girls 49%Boys 51%

74.3% full · 300 places · 122 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher12.1
Pupils per adult9.1
  • Classroom teachers 15.5
  • Leadership 3
  • Teaching assistants 5
  • Other support 3.7

Teachers 18.5 FTE · Whole workforce 27.2 · 28 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,949
Spend per pupil£8,463
Staff spend per pupil£6,121
Reserve per pupil£3,047
  • +£783,000revenue reserve
  • +£125,000in-year balance

Grants £8,949 · self-generated £0 · premises £257 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: THE WAVERLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION LTD (2 academies) · trust reserve £6,267,000 · 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

52 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained73.1%
  • Education71.2%
  • Apprenticeship0%
  • Employment1.9%
  • Not sustained9.6%
  • Unknown17.3%

After sixth form (16–18)

52 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained57.7%
  • Education36.5%
  • Higher education32.7%
  • Apprenticeship5.8%
  • Employment15.4%
  • Not sustained23.1%
  • Unknown19.2%