Light Hall School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Solihull
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.54 miles
Published by Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Light Hall School is a secondary school in Solihull for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 September 2021. Solihull has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2018 to 2026 entry.
Light Hall 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 | 1.54 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 1.54 miles away, the 5th longest of 10 Solihull secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was further out than in 2025 and nearer than in 2018, and it swung sharply between some years.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 197 first-choice applications for 194 offers; 161 offers went to first-choice families, and 36 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 58% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (England 45%), 5th 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
- Hathaway Road, Shirley, Solihull, B90 2PZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Solihull
- Pupils on roll
- 1,037 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 September 2021
Strengths
- “Staff and pupils work hard to live up to it.”
- “Pupils enjoy a wide range of extra-curricular activities.”
- “The curriculum supports their personal development.”
To improve
- “Leaders are aware that the impact of the new curriculum varies between subjects.”
- “They are still developing systems to check that progress is strong in all subjects.”
- “However, many are still not keen on reading and do not read outside school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 November 2021 (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) | 58% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 49.9 | 46 |
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: 197 first-preference applications, 194 offers in total, 161 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.
- Alderbrook School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Tudor Grange Academy, Solihull 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Langley School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Lode Heath School 2.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Lyndon School 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Arden 4.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Grace Academy Solihull 6.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published