The Heights Academy
Special schoolThe Heights Academy is a special school in Solihull, for pupils aged 7 to 16. It had 69 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 20 May 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationEnd of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Solihull | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 67% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 12% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 106 | 105 |
- The Heights Academy teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 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
In a straight line- Castlewood SchoolSpecial. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met400 m
- Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met530 m
- Smith's Wood Primary AcademyPrimary. School remains Outstanding, May 2023. 82% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)700 m
- Park Hall AcademySecondary. School remains Good, May 2023. Attainment 8 of 46.1 (2025/26, provisional)770 m
- Castle Bromwich Junior SchoolPrimary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)880 m
- Water Orton Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. 40% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Solihull
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).