Swanshurst School
Secondary · Birmingham · B13 0TW
Data updated
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Outstanding. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 15 May 2024
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
1,928 pupils · 99% of 1,943 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Girls
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 45.2% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 30.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 17.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 0.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Website
- www.swanshurst.org
- URN
- 151403
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 312 families named it first for 329 Year 7 places, 0.95 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 3072 m (≈1.91 mi); distance decided places in 6 of the 6 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 15 May 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
0.95 first-choice applications per place329 places offered · 312 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
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 3072 m (≈1.91 mi) for 2026 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 3072 m (≈1.91 mi)
measured in a straight line.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Birmingham school admissions · the wider Birmingham authority
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
Asian Pakistani 46% (Birmingham 25%, England 5%) · White British 12% (Birmingham 22%, England 59%) · Any other ethnic group 11% (Birmingham 7%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Birmingham 4%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 4% (Birmingham 6%, England 2%) · Black African 4% (Birmingham 10%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 4% (Birmingham 6%, England 4%) · Not recorded 3% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Birmingham 3%, England 3%) · Any other White background 2% (Birmingham 4%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Birmingham 3%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Birmingham 3%, England 1%) · 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)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
8.75 suspensions per 100 pupils and 3 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Birmingham: 15.08 suspensions and 0.24 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0.8% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £49,808; 9.1% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 27.7% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 25.1% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 22.9% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 28.9% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 44.3% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 49.7% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 31.8% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 17.9% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 4% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 21.9% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 6.6% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 34.4% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01008932 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £295,000299 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £222,000–£410,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (3.07 km, 2026 entry): 3,571 sales, median £260,000. 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
- 6an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 13an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 31an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 6an 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