Secondary
Smith's Wood Academy
Windward Way, Smith's Wood, Birmingham, B36 0UE
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 697 of 1000 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
- Local authority
- Solihull
- Trust
- FAIRFAX MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 47.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 73.9
- Pupils per adult
- 10.6
- Pupils
- 781
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 January 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
March 2023
Previous framework
Inadequate
Safeguarding: not met
- Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
- Leadership and governanceInadequate
- Personal developmentInadequate
- Quality of educationInadequate
May 2019
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
19%
27 points below the Solihull average (46% across 15 schools)
32.2
14.4 below the Solihull average (46.6 across 15 schools)
15th 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 | 32.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.96 |
| Entered the EBacc | 26% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 37% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 19% |
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 | 22% |
| 22/23 | 7% |
| 23/24 | 17% |
| 24/25 | 19% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -1.22 |
| 22/23 | -1.83 |
| 23/24 | -1.52 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 34.0 |
| 22/23 | 23.9 |
| 23/24 | 30.0 |
| 24/25 | 32.2 |
Windward Way, Smith's Wood, Birmingham, B36 0UE
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
- Head of Academy
- Stephen Huntington
- Address
- Windward Way, Smith's Wood, Birmingham, B36 0UE
- Telephone
- 01217884100