Wheelers Lane Technology College
Wheelers Lane, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B13 0SF
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Boys
- Headteacher
- Mr Scott Wheeldon
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 650
- Pupils on roll
- 672
- URN
- 103501
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01214442864
About this school
Wheelers Lane Technology College is a boys' community secondary school in Birmingham. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 672 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 125 | 130 | 131 |
| Attainment 8 score | 47.4 | 49.4 | 48.4 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.19 -0.07 to +0.44 | +0.19 -0.06 to +0.44 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 43% | 53.1% | 57.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69% | 74.6% | 74% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 34% | 29.2% | 29.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Wheelers Lane Technology College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Birmingham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 47.4 | 40.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 49.4 | 40.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 48.4 | 40.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 670 |
| 2023/24 | 678 |
| 2024/25 | 664 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wheelers Lane Technology College compares
Wheelers Lane Technology College ranked 29th of 85 secondary schools in Birmingham for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 70% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 48.4 | 7% | 38.4% | 672 | — |
| Bishop Challoner Catholic College | 48.4 | 7.2% | 38.8% | 1,184 | 0.3 miles |
| Kings Heath Secondary School | 40 | 8.3% | 49.2% | 794 | 0.5 miles |
| Swanshurst School | — | 6.9% | 47% | 1,928 | 0.5 miles |
| King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls | 80.4 | 5.9% | 31.3% | 1,118 | 0.6 miles |
| King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys | 75.7 | 5.7% | 30.8% | 1,059 | 0.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 38.4%
- English as an additional language
- 36.7%
- Overall absence
- 6.95%
- Persistent absence
- 18.26%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Bishop Challoner Catholic College0.3 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
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Kings Heath Secondary School0.5 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
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Swanshurst School0.5 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
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King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls0.6 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys0.6 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
Other schools in Birmingham
Wheelers Lane Technology College ranks 23rd of the 87 ranked secondary schools in Birmingham.
- Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School Secondary
- Arena Academy Secondary
- Ark Boulton Academy Secondary
- Ark St Alban's Academy Secondary
- Aston Manor Academy Secondary
- Aston University Engineering Academy Secondary
- Bartley Green School Secondary
- Birmingham Ormiston Academy Secondary
- Bishop Challoner Catholic College Secondary
- BOA Digital Technologies Academy Secondary
- Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form Secondary
- Broadway Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Wheelers Lane Technology College teach?
- Wheelers Lane Technology College teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Birmingham.
- Who is the headteacher of Wheelers Lane Technology College?
- The headteacher of Wheelers Lane Technology College is Mr Scott Wheeldon, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Wheelers Lane Technology College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wheelers Lane Technology College, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Wheelers Lane Technology College?
- Wheelers Lane Technology College has 672 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Wheelers Lane Technology College full?
- Wheelers Lane Technology College has capacity for 650 pupils and 672 on roll (103%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Wheelers Lane Technology College a faith school?
- No. Wheelers Lane Technology College has no designated religious character.
- Is Wheelers Lane Technology College a selective school?
- No. Wheelers Lane Technology College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have Wheelers Lane Technology College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 47.4 in 2022/23 and 48.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Wheelers Lane Technology College rank locally?
- Wheelers Lane Technology College ranked 29th of 85 secondary schools in Birmingham for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 70% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Wheelers Lane Technology College's absence rate?
- Wheelers Lane Technology College's overall absence rate is 7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wheelers Lane Technology College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wheelers Lane Technology College's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.