Wheelers Lane Technology College
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
C69
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Birmingham, B13 0SF
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Bishop Challoner Catholic College
Institute Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7EG
Local ranking32nd of 89 secondary schools in Birmingham
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1304
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 6 January 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 51.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 49.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 73.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 185
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 88.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Higher education
- 60.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 18.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
31.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
31.5
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
121
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 12.4% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 28.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 252
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1246
- Boys
- 658 (56%)
- Girls
- 526 (44%)
- Capacity
- 1304 (91% full)
- SEND
- 15.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 38.8%
- EAL
- 16.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.7%
- SEN Support
- 14.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 87.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £10,588/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 46.4%
- Black African: 9.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 7.2%
- White Irish: 5.9%
- White Other: 5.9%
- Asian Pakistani: 5.0%
- Mixed Other: 4.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.1%
46.4%
White British
9.6%
Black African
7.2%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Institute Road
Birmingham, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 103560
- UKPRN
- 10000722
- Establishment No.
- 5413
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