Grace Academy Solihull
Chapelhouse Road, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham, B37 5JS
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- TOVE LEARNING TRUST
- Principal
- Mr Matthew Godwin
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Tove Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Meriden and Solihull East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,100
- Pupils on roll
- 884
- URN
- 129342
- Local authority
- Solihull
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01213294600
About this school
Grace Academy Solihull is a secondary academy in Birmingham. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 884 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 164 | 143 | 147 |
| Attainment 8 score | 46.2 | 43.9 | 44.2 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.09 -0.31 to +0.13 | -0.07 -0.31 to +0.16 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 44% | 44.8% | 38.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64% | 62.9% | 59.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 16% | 18.9% | 18.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
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 Grace Academy Solihull has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Solihull average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 46.2 | 42.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 43.9 | 44.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 44.2 | 44.3 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 899 |
| 2023/24 | 879 |
| 2024/25 | 874 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Grace Academy Solihull compares
Grace Academy Solihull ranked 11th of 15 secondary schools in Solihull for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 53% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 44.2 | 12.6% | 50% | 884 | — |
| John Henry Newman Catholic College | 43.6 | 9.9% | 41.6% | 1,273 | 0.6 miles |
| Tile Cross Academy | 35.6 | 10.6% | 74.7% | 620 | 0.8 miles |
| WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull) | 30.8 | 13.5% | 52.5% | 394 | 0.8 miles |
| Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst | 31.9 | 12.8% | 58.8% | 1,151 | 0.8 miles |
| King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy | 47.4 | 7.9% | 55.6% | 1,188 | 1.1 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 50%
- English as an additional language
- 3.3%
- Overall absence
- 12.56%
- Persistent absence
- 36.08%
Location
Nearby schools
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John Henry Newman Catholic College0.6 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
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Tile Cross Academy0.8 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
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WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull)0.8 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst0.8 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy1.1 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
Other schools in Birmingham
Grace Academy Solihull ranks 46th 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 Grace Academy Solihull teach?
- Grace Academy Solihull teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Birmingham.
- Who is the principal of Grace Academy Solihull?
- The principal of Grace Academy Solihull is Mr Matthew Godwin, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Grace Academy Solihull last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Grace Academy Solihull, 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 Grace Academy Solihull?
- Grace Academy Solihull has 884 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Grace Academy Solihull full?
- Grace Academy Solihull has capacity for 1,100 pupils and 884 on roll (80%), so it has space against 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 Grace Academy Solihull a faith school?
- No. Grace Academy Solihull has no designated religious character.
- Is Grace Academy Solihull a selective school?
- No. Grace Academy Solihull is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Grace Academy Solihull?
- Grace Academy Solihull is part of TOVE LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Grace Academy Solihull's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 46.2 in 2022/23 and 44.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Grace Academy Solihull rank locally?
- Grace Academy Solihull ranked 11th of 15 secondary schools in Solihull for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 53% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Grace Academy Solihull's absence rate?
- Grace Academy Solihull's overall absence rate is 12.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Grace Academy Solihull's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Grace Academy Solihull'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 15 July 2026.