Waseley Hills High School
School Road, Rubery, Birmingham, B45 9EL
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- CENTRAL REGION SCHOOLS TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Thomas Preston
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Central Region Schools Trust
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Bromsgrove
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 868
- Pupils on roll
- 782
- URN
- 138664
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01214535211
About this school
Waseley Hills High School is a secondary academy in Birmingham. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 782 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 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 142 | 123 | 113 |
| Attainment 8 score | 43.6 | 44.2 | 40.5 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.35 -0.59 to -0.12 | -0.18 -0.43 to +0.07 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46% | 40.7% | 39.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 65% | 60.2% | 62.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 42% | 16.3% | 24.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
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 Waseley Hills High 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 | Worcestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 43.6 | 38.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 44.2 | 37.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 40.5 | 36.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 775 |
| 2023/24 | 732 |
| 2024/25 | 741 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Waseley Hills High School compares
Waseley Hills High School ranked 23rd of 31 secondary schools in Worcestershire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 40% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 40.5 | 11.3% | 30.7% | 782 | — |
| King Edward VI Balaam Wood Academy | 41.4 | 9.9% | 69.3% | 423 | 1.0 miles |
| Colmers School and Sixth Form College | 41.7 | 11.8% | 54.1% | 1,139 | 1.2 miles |
| Turves Green Boys' School | 37.3 | 9.3% | 59.1% | 592 | 2.6 miles |
| King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls | 46 | 9.2% | 50.5% | 740 | 2.7 miles |
| King Edward VI Five Ways School | 75.9 | 4.2% | 22.6% | 1,324 | 3.1 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 30.65%
- English as an additional language
- 3.4%
- Overall absence
- 11.29%
- Persistent absence
- 30.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
King Edward VI Balaam Wood Academy1.0 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
Colmers School and Sixth Form College1.2 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
Turves Green Boys' School2.6 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls2.7 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
King Edward VI Five Ways School3.1 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
Other schools in Birmingham
Waseley Hills High School ranks 63rd of the 87 ranked secondary schools in Birmingham.
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- 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 Waseley Hills High School teach?
- Waseley Hills High School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Birmingham.
- Who is the headteacher of Waseley Hills High School?
- The headteacher of Waseley Hills High School is Mr Thomas Preston, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Waseley Hills High School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Waseley Hills High School, 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 Waseley Hills High School?
- Waseley Hills High School has 782 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Waseley Hills High School full?
- Waseley Hills High School has capacity for 868 pupils and 782 on roll (90%), 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 Waseley Hills High School a faith school?
- No. Waseley Hills High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Waseley Hills High School a selective school?
- No. Waseley Hills High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Waseley Hills High School?
- Waseley Hills High School is part of CENTRAL REGION SCHOOLS TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Waseley Hills High School have?
- The schools register lists Waseley Hills High School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Waseley Hills High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 43.6 in 2022/23 and 40.5 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Waseley Hills High School rank locally?
- Waseley Hills High School ranked 23rd of 31 secondary schools in Worcestershire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 40% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Waseley Hills High School's absence rate?
- Waseley Hills High School's overall absence rate is 11.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Waseley Hills High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Waseley Hills High 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 1 July 2026.