Swanshurst School
Brook Lane, Billesley, Birmingham, B13 0TW
This school is closed (it closed in December 2024).
It was replaced by Swanshurst School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Girls
- Headteacher
- Mr Mike Dunn
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Birmingham Selly Oak
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 1,927
- Pupils on roll
- 1,917
- URN
- 103514
- Local authority
- Birmingham
About this school
Swanshurst School was a girls' community secondary school in Birmingham. It taught children aged 11 to 19 and had 1,917 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Swanshurst School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 298 | 324 | 327 |
| Attainment 8 score | 51.2 | 51.6 | 50.2 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.43 +0.26 to +0.59 | +0.25 +0.10 to +0.41 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 54% | 53.4% | 50.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70% | 74.1% | 71.6% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 73% | 75% | 68.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
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 Swanshurst School 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 | 51.2 | 40.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 51.6 | 40.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 50.2 | 40.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,866 |
| 2023/24 | 1,917 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Swanshurst School compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 76% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 18% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 50.2 | 8.1% | 39.1% | 1,917 | — |
| Swanshurst School | — | 6.9% | 47% | 1,928 | 0.0 miles |
| Wheelers Lane Technology College | 48.4 | 7% | 38.4% | 672 | 0.5 miles |
| Kings Heath Secondary School | 40 | 8.3% | 49.2% | 794 | 0.5 miles |
| Bishop Challoner Catholic College | 48.4 | 7.2% | 38.8% | 1,184 | 0.6 miles |
| Moseley School and Sixth Form | 39.7 | 9.1% | 64.5% | 1,413 | 0.9 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 39.1%
- English as an additional language
- 35.7%
- Overall absence
- 8.1%
- Persistent absence
- 22.9%
Location
Nearby schools
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Swanshurst School0.0 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
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Wheelers Lane Technology College0.5 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
Kings Heath Secondary School0.5 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
Bishop Challoner Catholic College0.6 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
Moseley School and Sixth Form0.9 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
Other 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 ages does Swanshurst School teach?
- Swanshurst School taught children aged 11 to 19. It was a secondary school in Birmingham.
- Has Swanshurst School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Swanshurst School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Swanshurst School?
- Swanshurst School had 1,917 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- How have Swanshurst School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 51.2 in 2022/23 and 50.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Swanshurst School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Swanshurst School'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 31 December 2024.