Swanshurst School
Secondary · Academy converter · Girls · Birmingham
Brook Lane, Birmingham, B13 0TW
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding
No graded inspection
Application demand
89%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
93.1%
18.1% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,928
Capacity used
Nearly full99%
1,943 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
89%
1st preference success rate
252 of 284 families who put it first got an offer
328
Places offered
1001
Total applications
3.1
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 284 | 252 | ● 89% |
| 2nd preference | 226 | 54 | ● 24% |
| 3rd preference | 161 | 13 | ● 8% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 330 | 9 | ● 3% |
| Total | 1001 | 328 | 33% |
Birmingham lets families list 6 preferences. 13 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Girls
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Mike Dunn
- Address
- Brook Lane, Billesley, Birmingham, B13 0TW
- Phone
- 01214642400
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Ward / constituency
- Billesley · Birmingham Selly Oak
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 151403
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 45% | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | — | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: WEST MIDLANDS ACADEMY TRUST
1,928 pupils · 1,943 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
15 May 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,687 pupils
Attendance
93.1%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
6.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
18.1%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.5%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.0%
Absences the school didn't approve
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 13163: Swanshurst School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Birmingham council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.