The Heights Academy
Auckland Drive, Solihull, B36 0DD
- Phase
- Free Schools
- School type
- Free schools special
- Ages
- 7 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- FORWARD EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lisa Walker
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Forward Education Trust
- Constituency
- Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 116
- Pupils on roll
- 69
- URN
- 149753
- Local authority
- Solihull
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01212696000
About this school
The Heights Academy is a special academy in Solihull. It teaches children aged 7 to 16 and has 69 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
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | - | - |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | - | - |
| Expected standard in reading | - | - |
| Expected standard in maths | - | - |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | - | - |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - |
Trends over time
How The Heights Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 18.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 28% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 26 |
| 2024/25 | 49 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 55.1%
- English as an additional language
- 2%
- Overall absence
- 28%
- Persistent absence
- 61.54%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Castlewood School0.2 miles
Academies · Birmingham
-
Forest Oak School0.7 miles
Special schools · Birmingham
-
Merstone School0.7 miles
Special schools · Birmingham
-
SILVER BIRCH SCHOOL1.2 miles
Special schools
-
Ebn Academy 21.6 miles
Free Schools · Birmingham
Other schools in Solihull
- Daylesford Academy Academies
- Hazel Oak School Special schools
- Reynalds Cross School Special schools
- Solihull Alternative Provision Academy Free Schools
- Springfield House Community Special School Special schools
- The Island Project School Special schools
- Trident Alternative Provision Ltd Special schools
- Triple Crown Centre Local authority maintained schools
- Bentley Heath Church of England Primary School Primary
- Blossomfield Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Burman Infant School Primary
- Cheswick Green Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Heights Academy teach?
- The Heights Academy teaches children aged 7 to 16. It is a special school in Solihull.
- Who is the headteacher of The Heights Academy?
- The headteacher of The Heights Academy is Mrs Lisa Walker, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Heights Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Heights Academy, 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 The Heights Academy?
- The Heights Academy has 69 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 16.
- Is The Heights Academy full?
- The Heights Academy has capacity for 116 pupils and 69 on roll (59%), 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 The Heights Academy a faith school?
- No. The Heights Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is The Heights Academy a selective school?
- No. The Heights Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs The Heights Academy?
- The Heights Academy is part of FORWARD EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What is The Heights Academy's absence rate?
- The Heights Academy's overall absence rate is 28% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Heights Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Heights Academy'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.