Grace Academy Solihull
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Birmingham, Solihull
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.88 miles
Published by Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Grace Academy Solihull is a secondary school in Birmingham, Solihull for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Solihull has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2018 to 2026 entry.
Grace Academy Solihull catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 0.88 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 0.88 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 10 Solihull secondary schools with a published last distance.
- Year 7 last distances swung sharply between some years, and the 2026 figure was nearer than in 2025 and the shortest of the 7 years with a published distance.
- Year 7 2026 had 242 first-choice applications for 172 offers: 162 offers went to first-choice families, and 80 first-choice families (33%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 39% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 44.2 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Solihull schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Chapelhouse Road, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham, B37 5JS
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Solihull
- Pupils on roll
- 884 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 51.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 19 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy their experiences at Grace Academy Solihull.”
- “They appreciate the consistency with which teachers present new learning and review what they have already covered.”
- “This helps pupils to learn effectively.”
To improve
- “Although most pupils attend well, there remain too many pupils who are absent too often.”
- “Most pupils are articulate, although some lack the verbal fluency necessary to communicate effectively in different contexts.”
- “They generally identify gaps in pupils' knowledge or misconceptions, although there are inconsistencies in how precisely they address errors in spelling or punctuation.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 39% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.2 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 242 first-preference applications, 172 offers in total, 162 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Solihull.
- John Henry Newman Catholic College 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull) 0.8 mi Not judged
- Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Smith's Wood Academy 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lyndon School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Park Hall Academy 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lode Heath School 3.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Langley School 4.0 mi Good Last distance published