Secondary
Wheelers Lane Technology College
Wheelers Lane, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B13 0SF
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Boys
- Pupils
- 672 of 650 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
- Local authority
- Birmingham
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 36.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 55.4
- Pupils per adult
- 12.2
- Pupils
- 678
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected February 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
57%
11 points above the Birmingham average (46% across 87 schools)
48.4
1.1 above the Birmingham average (47.3 across 87 schools)
15th of 88 by our score, among the secondary schools in Birmingham we can score - 112 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 48.4 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.18 |
| Entered the EBacc | 30% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 74% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 57% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 59% |
| 22/23 | 43% |
| 23/24 | 53% |
| 24/25 | 57% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.37 |
| 22/23 | +0.19 |
| 23/24 | +0.19 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 53.7 |
| 22/23 | 47.4 |
| 23/24 | 49.4 |
| 24/25 | 48.4 |
Wheelers Lane, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B13 0SF
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Birmingham admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Scott Wheeldon
- Address
- Wheelers Lane, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B13 0SF
- Telephone
- 01214442864