Alderbrook School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Solihull
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.59 miles
Published by Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Alderbrook School is a secondary school in Solihull for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 26 April 2023. Solihull has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2018 to 2026 entry.
Alderbrook School 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 | 1.59 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
- The last child offered a Year 7 place for 2026 lived 1.59 miles away, the 4th longest of 10 Solihull secondary schools with a published last distance.
- For Year 7, the 2026 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and about the same as in 2018, though it swung sharply between some years.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 289 first-choice applications for 267 offers; 223 offers went to first-choice families, and 66 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 2024/25 GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above: 65% of pupils (England 45%), 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Solihull.
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
- Blossomfield Road, Solihull, B91 1SN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Solihull
- Pupils on roll
- 1,701 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 26 April 2023
Strengths
- “Alderbrook school leaders and pupils share the same high aspirations.”
- “Pupils understand and follow the school values to be ambitious, brave and kind.”
- “Relationships between pupils and staff are warm and respectful.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, teachers do not take opportunities to develop and challenge pupils’ knowledge and understanding as fully as they might.”
- “For example, some teachers do not always ask pupils questions that have sufficient depth, or set challenging tasks for pupils to complete.”
- “This means that pupils are not able to fully extend their understanding of different topics.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 June 2023 (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) | 65% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 54.2 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B | 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: 289 first-preference applications, 267 offers in total, 223 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.
- Tudor Grange Academy, Solihull 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Light Hall School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Lode Heath School 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Langley School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Arden 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Lyndon School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Grace Academy Solihull 5.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published