Smith's Wood Academy, Birmingham

At age 16 (%)

No data for age 18

'Academic' destinations refer to sixth form or higher education. 'Vocational' ones refer to further education, apprenticeships or employment. Neither is intrinsically better or worse, and this balance is not used in calculating the indicator score. Data are from 2022.

Disadvantaged pupils (%)

Ethnic minority pupils (%)

Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2022. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

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Smith's Wood Academy

Windward Way, Smith's Wood, Birmingham B36 0UE

https://smithswood.co.uk/

Smith's Wood Academy is a non-selective academy. It has about 900 boys and girls aged between 11 and 16. In March 2023 the school was rated ‘Inadequate’ by Ofsted.

This school is a member of Fairfax Multi Academy Trust. (Other schools in this trust include Erdington Academy, Fairfax and Bournville School.)

Particular strengths include Admissions. Relative weaknesses include Finances and Attainment.

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Other schools nearby

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Distance (miles)	Score	Name
0.7		Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst
1.1		John Henry Newman Catholic College
1.1		WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull)
1.2		Park Hall Academy
1.4		Tile Cross Academy
1.7		Grace Academy Solihull
1.9		The Coleshill School
2.1		Greenwood Academy
2.5		King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy
2.8		Cockshut Hill School
3.0		Hodge Hill Girls' School
3.2		Hodge Hill College

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Admissions: Excellent. The occupancy rate is quite low and the offer rate is very high. There is no compulsory entrance exam.

Environment: Below average. Air pollution and traffic accidents are roughly average, while crime is very high.

Representation: Slightly out of balance. The socio-economic mix and ethnic representation are both slightly out of balance with the local community.

Attendance: Poor. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both very high.

Destinations: Poor. The proportion of students going on to education or training at 16 is very low.

Attainment: Poor. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

Disadvantaged pupils: Poor. Progress up to age 16 is poor. Destinations at 16 are poor. There is no information for students aged 16-18.

Progress: Poor. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For information about actual grades, see Attainment.)

Finances: Poor. This is because the school budget has been in deficit

Sixth form: There is no sixth form at this school.

Schools often provide or emphasise different subjects, especially in fields such as languages and the arts. The charts below show the relative popularities of exam subjects commonly sat at this school.

Popular GCSE subjects

Proportions of pupils entering in 2023

No A-level data

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