Secondary
Arden
Station Road, Knowle, Solihull, B93 0PT
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1812 of 1490 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
- Local authority
- Solihull
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- ARDEN MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 109.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 135.8
- Pupils per adult
- 13.4
- Pupils
- 1,820
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 June 2022
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
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
73%
27 points above the Solihull average (46% across 15 schools)
59.6
13.0 above the Solihull average (46.6 across 15 schools)
3rd of 15 by our score, among the secondary schools in Solihull we can score - 18 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 | 59.6 |
| EBacc average point score | 5.28 |
| Entered the EBacc | 46% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 89% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 73% |
| A level average points per entry | 39.51 |
| A level students | 145 |
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 | 74% |
| 22/23 | 64% |
| 23/24 | 68% |
| 24/25 | 73% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 42.6 |
| 22/23 | 39.4 |
| 23/24 | 40.3 |
| 24/25 | 39.5 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.77 |
| 22/23 | +0.61 |
| 23/24 | +0.59 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 62.1 |
| 22/23 | 57.0 |
| 23/24 | 57.7 |
| 24/25 | 59.6 |
Station Road, Knowle, Solihull, B93 0PT
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.
Solihull 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
- Principal
- David Warwood
- Address
- Station Road, Knowle, Solihull, B93 0PT
- Telephone
- 01564773348