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Waverley Studio College

URN
139788
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Waverley Studio College
URN
139788
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
14-19
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Limited Data

39 / 100

Limited Data

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

20

Inspection

55

Admissions Value

—

Destinations

14

Stability & Context

90

School Compass rankings

School rankings are not currently available.

School Compass recommendation

Insufficient Data

Not enough information is available to generate a recommendation.

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

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Competition not available
  • Admissions risk: Moderate risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Below Average
  • 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.

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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
10 November 2022
Inspection date
23 September 2022
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    School remains Good

    Graded 10 November 2022

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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
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
https://www.waverleystudiocollege.co.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

21.9

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

12.7%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

25.5%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

0.0%

EBacc achievement

Location

B9 5SX - 470 Belchers Lane, Bordesley Green, Birmingham, West Midlands

Contact details

Address
470 Belchers Lane, Bordesley Green, Birmingham, West Midlands
Postcode
B9 5SX
Phone
1215666622
Website
https://www.waverleystudiocollege.co.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
    10 November 202223 September 2022-School remains GoodView report for inspection published 10 November 2022
    • School remains Good

      Published
      10 November 2022
      Inspected
      23 September 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

    0.0%

    Post-16 (A level)

    z

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    Not published

    Value added

    Value added

    Not published

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    Not published

    Retention

    Retention %

    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 %

    75.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    0.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    0.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    16.0%

    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
    Waverley School351 mAll-throughOpen
    Waverley School351 mAll-throughClosed
    Bordesley Green Primary School356 mPrimaryOpen
    Heartlands Hospital School467 mNot applicableClosed
    Alston Primary School520 mPrimaryOpen
    Alston Junior School520 mPrimaryClosed
    Alston Primary School520 mPrimaryClosed
    Alston Infant School520 mPrimaryClosed
    Hamd House School537 mNot applicableOpen
    Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham551 mSecondaryOpen
    • Waverley School
      Distance
      351 m
      Phase
      All-through
      Status
      Open
    • Waverley School
      Distance
      351 m
      Phase
      All-through
      Status
      Closed
    • Bordesley Green Primary School
      Distance
      356 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Heartlands Hospital School
      Distance
      467 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed

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    • Ark Boulton Academy
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    Distance
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    Open
  • Alston Junior School
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    Phase
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    Status
    Closed
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    Distance
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    Phase
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    Status
    Closed
  • Alston Infant School
    Distance
    520 m
    Phase
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    Status
    Closed
  • Hamd House School
    Distance
    537 m
    Phase
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  • Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham
    Distance
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  • Phase
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    Status
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