Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst
Cooks Lane, Solihull, Birmingham, B37 6NU
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- TUDOR GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Darren Turner
- Sponsor
- Tudor Grange Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Meriden and Solihull East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,550
- Pupils on roll
- 1,151
- URN
- 146379
- Local authority
- Solihull
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01213298300
About this school
Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst is a secondary academy in Birmingham. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,151 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 209 | 198 | 203 |
| Attainment 8 score | 35.7 | 34.4 | 31.9 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.08 -1.27 to -0.88 | -1.28 -1.48 to -1.08 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 23% | 25.8% | 19.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 45% | 43.4% | 41.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 22% | 19.7% | 17.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.7 |
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 Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst 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 | 35.7 | 42.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 34.4 | 44.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 31.9 | 44.3 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 14.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,259 |
| 2023/24 | 1,198 |
| 2024/25 | 1,189 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst compares
Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst ranked 14th of 15 secondary schools in Solihull for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 23% 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 | 31.9 | 12.8% | 58.8% | 1,151 | — |
| John Henry Newman Catholic College | 43.6 | 9.9% | 41.6% | 1,273 | 0.2 miles |
| WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull) | 30.8 | 13.5% | 52.5% | 394 | 0.4 miles |
| Grace Academy Solihull | 44.2 | 12.6% | 50% | 884 | 0.8 miles |
| Smith's Wood Academy | 32.2 | 14.2% | 64.9% | 697 | 0.9 miles |
| Tile Cross Academy | 35.6 | 10.6% | 74.7% | 620 | 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 58.8%
- English as an additional language
- 3.8%
- Overall absence
- 12.83%
- Persistent absence
- 37.39%
Location
Nearby schools
-
John Henry Newman Catholic College0.2 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull)0.4 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
Grace Academy Solihull0.8 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
Smith's Wood Academy0.9 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
Tile Cross Academy0.9 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
Other schools in Birmingham
Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst ranks 83rd 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 Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst teach?
- Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Birmingham.
- Who is the headteacher of Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst?
- The headteacher of Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst is Mr Darren Turner, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst, 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 Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst?
- Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst has 1,151 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst full?
- Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst has capacity for 1,550 pupils and 1,151 on roll (74%), 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 Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst a faith school?
- No. Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst?
- Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst is part of TUDOR GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 35.7 in 2022/23 and 31.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst rank locally?
- Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst ranked 14th of 15 secondary schools in Solihull for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 23% 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 Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst's absence rate?
- Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst's overall absence rate is 12.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst'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 10 July 2026.