Waseley Hills High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Birmingham, Worcestershire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
4.84 miles
Published by Worcestershire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Waseley Hills High School is a secondary school in Birmingham, Worcestershire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 February 2025. Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Waseley Hills High 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 | 4.84 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026 the last child offered a place lived 4.84 miles away, the 6th longest of 15 Worcestershire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 133 first-choice applications for 161 offers: 131 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 182 of the 271 applications (67%) for Year 7 in 2026 came from families living outside Worcestershire, and 72 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 40% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Worcestershire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Worcestershire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- School Road, Rubery, Birmingham, B45 9EL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 782 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 February 2025
Strengths
- “Staff, pupils, parents and carers welcome the improvements to Waseley Hills High.”
- “Staff know pupils well and always have their best interests at heart, with many pupils saying, ‘Staff here really care.”
- “Pupils and staff feel proud to belong to this harmonious and welcoming school community.”
To improve
- “However, on some occasions, teachers do not check that pupils have understood what they have been taught before introducing new learning.”
- “This means gaps in pupils’ knowledge are not always identified or addressed quickly enough, and this slows their learning.”
- “However, staff do not always make sure that all pupils follow the new routines and rules.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 March 2025 (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) | 40% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 40.5 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | D+ | 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: 133 first-preference applications, 161 offers in total, 131 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 Worcestershire.
- North Bromsgrove High School 3.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- South Bromsgrove High 4.8 mi Good
- Hagley Catholic High School 5.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Haybridge High School and Sixth Form 5.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodrush High School 6.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Trinity High School and Sixth Form Centre 7.0 mi Good
- King Charles I School 8.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Arrow Vale High School 8.6 mi Standards maintained