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Tudor Grange Academy, Solihull

Secondary · Solihull · B91 3PD

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Outstanding

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 29 April 2025

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At a glance

1,730 pupils · 102% of 1,690 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
10.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
18.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.solihull.tgacademy.org.uk
URN
136310

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 377 families named it first for 277 Year 7 places, 1.36 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.8 miles; distance decided places in 5 of the 9 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2018 to 2026. At its inspection on 29 April 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.36 first-choice applications per place

277 places offered · 377 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.8 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.8 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

278 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
58.7
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
84.2%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
71.9%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
5.5
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) B
39.6
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school58.7
Median of its 12 closest peers56.5
Solihull average46.6
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
The Beaulieu Park SchoolChelmsford · 107 miles awayOutstanding57.1
Cheadle Hulme High SchoolCheadle · 68 miles awayOutstanding60.7
Didcot Girls' SchoolDidcot · 60 miles awayOutstanding58.8
Calthorpe Park SchoolFleet · 87 miles awayGood54
Northampton School for BoysNorthampton · 41 miles awayOutstanding58.2
Great Sankey High SchoolWarrington · 78 miles awayGood50.5
Silverdale SchoolSheffield · 66 miles awayGood56.7
Tomlinscote SchoolCamberley · 88 miles awayOutstanding53.4
Tapton School & Sixth FormSheffield · 68 miles awayOutstanding58
Charters SchoolAscot · 85 miles awayGood51
Bullers Wood SchoolChislehurst · 104 miles awayGood56.3
Bridgewater High SchoolWarrington · 74 miles awayGood51.8

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: SEN unit.

SEN unit
7 of 8 places taken nearly full

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 45% (Solihull 62%, England 59%) · Asian Indian 14% (Solihull 5%, England 4%) · Asian Chinese 13% (Solihull 4%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 9% (Solihull 7%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Solihull 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 3% (Solihull 3%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Solihull 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Solihull 3%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Solihull 1%, England 3%) · Not recorded 2% (Solihull 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Solihull 4%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Solihull 1%, England 2%) · Black African 1% (Solihull 2%, England 5%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

6.51 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Solihull: 14.82 suspensions and 0.30 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 8% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

72.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 10.7 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £53,555; 15.2% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£7,404
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (6%) · supplies and services 16% (11%) · educational supplies 14% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 1% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£1,268,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
98%
Continuing in education
93%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
1%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
67%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
14%
Any sustained destination
88%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher49.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications9.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work49.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier80.3%62.3%
Social housing5.5%17.1%
Privately rented14.2%20.5%
Detached houses50.4%22.9%
Flats27.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms45.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van10%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010191 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£478,000247 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£300,000–£676,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (132)£645,000
Semi-detached (28)£422,500
Terraced (20)£387,500
Flat (67)£227,500

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (1.29 km, 2026 entry): 437 sales, median £447,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
4an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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