Smith's Wood Academy
Windward Way, Smith's Wood, Birmingham, B36 0UE
Local ranking14th of 16 secondary schools in Solihull
Ofsted: Inadequate
Secondary
Phase
1000
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 32.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 18.6%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 36.5%
- Entering EBacc
- 25.6%
- EBacc APS
- 3.0
- Cohort Size
- 156
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 71.0%
- Continued in education
- 63.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 20.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 744
- Boys
- 351 (47%)
- Girls
- 393 (53%)
- Capacity
- 1000 (74% full)
- SEND
- 29.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 64.9%
- EAL
- 8.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.2%
- SEN Support
- 28.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 41.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,318/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 14.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 43.3%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 66.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 8.2%
- Black Caribbean: 8.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.0%
- White Other: 2.6%
- Asian Pakistani: 2.6%
- Other: 2.6%
- Mixed Other: 2.3%
66.0%
White British
8.2%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
8.2%
Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 143895
- UKPRN
- 10063014
- Establishment No.
- 4037
- Trust
- FAIRFAX MULTI ACADEMY TRUST