# Smith's Wood Academy

Smith's Wood Academy is a secondary school in Solihull, for pupils aged 11 to 16.

It had 697 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E143895. [Solihull](https://openindex.co.uk/solihull)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 697
- Council: Solihull
- URN: 143895

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 13 January 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard
- Early years: Not applicable
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Smith's Wood Academy was 33.0, against 46.9 in Solihull and 46.2 in England.
13.7% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Solihull | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 33.0 | 46.9 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 13.7% | 46.2% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 35% | 66.2% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 117 | – | – |

The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Forest Oak School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/forest-oak-school-e104132): 160 m. Special. School remains Outstanding, June 2024
- [Merstone School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/merstone-school-e104133): 160 m. Special. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met
- [St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-john-the-baptist-catholic-primary-school-e148093): 200 m. Primary. Good (overall), February 2024. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Kingshurst Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kingshurst-primary-school-e151168): 470 m. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), May 2023, before the school changed. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Smith's Wood Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/smiths-wood-primary-academy-e140923): 560 m. Primary. School remains Outstanding, May 2023. 82% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Anthony's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-anthonys-catholic-primary-school-e148090): 870 m. Primary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/143895)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/143895)

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