Waverley School
All-through · Academy converter · Ages 2–19 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Birmingham City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Year 7 2026: 0.97 mi
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Waverley School is an all-through school in Birmingham for ages 2–19 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 September 2021. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception and Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
Waverley 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 |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2026 | 0.97 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 had 36 first-choice applications for 40 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25 the A level average grade was E+ (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was well below average.
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place under one of its admission criteria lived 0.97 miles from the school.
- The school has 1,687 pupils on roll, and 53.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Birmingham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Yardley Green Road, Bordesley Green, Birmingham, B9 5QA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 2–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 1,687 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 53.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 September 2021
Strengths
- “This is a very multicultural school where pupils feel welcomed.”
- “Pupils who join the school part way through the academic year quickly develop a sense of belonging.”
- “Most pupils achieve well from their individual starting points and are well prepared for the next stage in their education, employment or training.”
To improve
- “However, the teaching that pupils receive in the secondary phase varies in its effectiveness.”
- “While modelling is typically clear across the school, some pupils do not get the timely checks or practice they need to secure their understanding.”
- “However, sometimes staff do not capitalise on maximising learning opportunities when working with children.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 67% | 62% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 34% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41.9 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | E+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 36 first-preference applications, 40 offers in total, 36 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 90 first-preference applications, 120 offers in total, 84 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 special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Birmingham.
- Starbank School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Hamd House School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Blackwater Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Riverside Education 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Ark Victoria Academy 1.1 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Washwood Heath Academy 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Darul Uloom Islamic High School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- East Birmingham Network Academy 1.2 mi Some aspects not as strong