Secondary
Lode Heath School
Lode Lane, Solihull, B91 2HW
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1096 of 1115 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.7
- Local authority
- Solihull
- Trust
- ARDEN MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 62.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 75.8
- Pupils per adult
- 15.4
- Pupils
- 1,164
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 November 2024
Standards maintained
Still graded as at
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. 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.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
46%
Level with the Solihull average (46% across 15 schools)
50.6
4.0 above the Solihull average (46.6 across 15 schools)
7th 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 | 50.6 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.44 |
| Entered the EBacc | 50% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 74% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46% |
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 | 46% |
| 22/23 | 38% |
| 23/24 | 46% |
| 24/25 | 46% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.02 |
| 22/23 | +0.11 |
| 23/24 | +0.25 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 48.5 |
| 22/23 | 44.4 |
| 23/24 | 48.0 |
| 24/25 | 50.6 |
Lode Lane, Solihull, B91 2HW
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
- Headteacher
- Laura Suddon
- Address
- Lode Lane, Solihull, B91 2HW
- Telephone
- 01217041421