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Selly Oak Trust School

URN
103613
Phase
Not applicable
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Selly Oak Trust School
URN
103613
Phase
Not applicable
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-19
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Good

66 / 100

Good

Based on official data for academic year 2022/23.

Academic Outcomes

—

Inspection

55

Admissions Value

—

Destinations

68

Stability & Context

90

School Compass rankings

School rankings are not currently available.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: Competition not available
  • Admissions risk: Moderate risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Higher Risk
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
12 January 2023
Inspection date
16 November 2022
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    School remains Good

    Graded 12 January 2023

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

Admissions

Admissions information is not currently available for this school.

Where to apply

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Local authority
Birmingham
Admissions portal
Birmingham admissions
School website
http://www.sellyoak.bham.sch.uk

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

Not published

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

Not published

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

Not published

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

Not published

EBacc achievement

Location

B29 6HZ - Oak Tree Lane, Selly Oak, Birmingham, West Midlands

Contact details

Address
Oak Tree Lane, Selly Oak, Birmingham, West Midlands
Postcode
B29 6HZ
Phone
1214720876
Website
http://www.sellyoak.bham.sch.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Birmingham
Local authority code
330

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 979 schools in Birmingham.

Authority statistics

Total schools

979

Open schools

512

Closed schools

461

Primary schools

559

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    12 January 202316 November 2022-School remains GoodView report for inspection published 12 January 2023
    • School remains Good

      Published
      12 January 2023
      Inspected
      16 November 2022
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    EBacc achievement

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    98.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    0.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    0.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    0.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    162

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary559 (58.8%)
    • Secondary162 (17.1%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other229 (24.1%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Maple House School388 mNot applicableOpen
    Fircroft College of Adult Education508 m16 plusOpen
    St Mary's Church of England Primary School568 mPrimaryOpen
    Bournville Infant School607 mPrimaryClosed
    Bournville Village Primary607 mPrimaryOpen
    Cherry Oak School704 mNot applicableOpen
    The University of Birmingham School726 mSecondaryOpen
    Raddlebarn Primary School745 mPrimaryOpen
    Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School859 mSecondaryOpen
    Dame Elizabeth Cadbury Technology College859 mSecondaryClosed
    • Maple House School
      Distance
      388 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • Fircroft College of Adult Education
      Distance
      508 m
      Phase
      16 plus
      Status
      Open
    • St Mary's Church of England Primary School
      Distance
      568 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Bournville Infant School
      Distance
      607 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Not applicable) and local authority (Birmingham)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Abbey CollegeNot applicableB3 1QUClosed
    Academy Al-AnsaarNot applicableB9 4BSClosed
    Accelerated Tutorial SchoolNot applicableB15 3SWClosed
    Al Huda Girls' SchoolNot applicableB8 1RDClosed
    Al-Ameen Primary SchoolNot applicableB11 2JROpen
    • Abbey College
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Postcode
      B3 1QU
      Status
      Closed
    • Academy Al-Ansaar
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Postcode
      B9 4BS
      Status
      Closed
    • Accelerated Tutorial School
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Postcode
      B15 3SW
      Status
      Closed
    • Al Huda Girls' School
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Postcode
      B8 1RD
      Status
      Closed
    • Al-Ameen Primary School
    Bournville Village Primary
    Distance
    607 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Cherry Oak School
    Distance
    704 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • The University of Birmingham School
    Distance
    726 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Raddlebarn Primary School
    Distance
    745 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School
    Distance
    859 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Dame Elizabeth Cadbury Technology College
    Distance
    859 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Not applicable
    Postcode
    B11 2JR
    Status
    Open