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Waverley School

Yardley Green Road, Bordesley Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, B9 5QA

State-funded
All-through
Ages 2–19
Mixed
Sixth form
Nursery classes

Overview

Waverley School is a state-funded school (academy converter) in Birmingham, West Midlands, for pupils aged 2–19. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.

School details

Official establishment type
Academy converter
Establishment group
Academies
Phase of education
All-through
Age range
Ages 2–19
Gender of entry
Mixed
Boarding
No boarders
Sixth form
Yes
School capacity
1,947
Pupils on roll
1,687
URN
142219

Admissions

Admissions policy
Non-selective
Local authority
Birmingham
Academy trust or group
THE WAVERLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION LTD

Contact the school or your local authority for catchment and application deadlines.

School places

DfE school capacity survey · May 2025 (2024/25)

Capacity at survey date
1,856
Pupils on roll
1,726
Unfilled places at survey date
130

A dated snapshot from the Department for Education school capacity survey, separate from the school details above. Unfilled places at the survey date do not mean places are currently available for admission. About this data

Official admissions data

Applications & demand

Preferences expressed by families through coordinated admissions, shown over time.

2026/27 admissions · Year 7

First preferences
90

Times the school was named as a family's first preference.

Total preferences
905

All recorded preference positions for this school.

Offers made
120

Offers recorded through coordinated admissions, not physical capacity.

First preferences compared with offers

0.75 first preferences per offer

90 first preferences and 120 offers were recorded for 2026/27.

What does this mean?

This is the Department for Education's own published comparison of first preferences with total offers recorded. It indicates the level of requests made through coordinated admissions. Offers are not necessarily the school's maximum capacity, admissions arrangements vary between local authorities, the figure is not a measure of school quality, and it should not be used on its own to judge the likelihood of gaining a place.

First preferences over time

Latest five available admissions years. Missing years are not estimated.

Admissions history

Admissions yearFirst preferencesTotal preferencesOffers made
2026/2790905120
2025/2697995117
2024/25911,005118
2023/24951,026120
2022/231161,040116

Source: Department for Education · Applications and offers data.

Official performance data

School performance

Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.

2024/25 results

  • Reading, writing & maths — meeting the expected standard

    School
    67%
    England
    62%

    Pupils included: 92

  • Reading, writing & maths — achieving a higher standard

    School
    8%
    England
    8%

    Pupils included: 92

Source: Department for Education · School performance data.

Official inspection data

Ofsted inspections

Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.

Ofsted inspection

Inspected 28 September 2021 · Published 10 November 2021

Original education inspection framework (September 2019 to August 2024)

Overall effectiveness

Good

This is a historical Ofsted judgement given under the previous inspection framework. It is not a School Nest rating.

Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding was effective
Yes
Early years provision (where applicable)
Good
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good

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Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.

School Nest shows the inspection information Ofsted currently publishes for this school. It is not a complete record of every inspection the school has ever had.

Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school

SEND and additional needs

Types of special educational need recorded in the official dataset. These describe recorded provision, not a judgement of quality.

  • SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
  • SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
  • ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
  • MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
  • SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty

Location

Address
Yardley Green Road, Bordesley Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, B9 5QA
Local authority
Birmingham

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