Light Hall School is a secondary school located in Solihull. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 30/11/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.4%, which is 1.4 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Hathaway Road, Solihull, B90 2PZ
Website: http://www.lighthall.co.uk/
Telephone: 01217443835
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Solihull
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs A Kimblin
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 137231

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 30/11/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1250
Number of Pupils: 1202
Number of Boys: 654
Number of Girls: 548

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.4% 4%
Persistent absence: 11.9% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.21 Confidence interval -0.38 to -0.04
Of the 224 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 222 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:54%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:94%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:48%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:46.5
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.23
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Woodlands Infant School
Woodlands Lane , Shirley B90 2PX
2out of 4 229 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School
Stratford Road , Shirley B90 4AY
- not rated 777 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Burman Infant School
Velsheda Road , Shirley B90 2JW
4out of 4 912 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Shirley Heath Junior School
Coombe Road , Shirley B90 3DS
4out of 4 1,025 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St James
Halifax Road , Shirley B90 2BT
4out of 4 1,093 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Light Hall School
Hathaway Road , Shirley B90 2PZ
2out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Alderbrook School
Blossomfield Road , B91 1SN
3out of 4 2,615 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Tudor Grange Academy, Solihull
Dingle Lane , B91 3PD
4out of 4 2,868 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Christ Church, Church of England Secondary Academy
6 Dale View Road , B14 4HN
- not rated 2,963 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School
St Peter's Catholic School
Whitefields Road , B91 3NZ
- not rated 3,193 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Solihull College & University Centre
Blossomfield Campus , Blossomfield Road B91 1SB
- not rated 3,120 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Hazel Oak School
Hazel Oak Road , Shirley B90 2AZ
4out of 4 809 yd Community special school No Mixed More About School
Kingswood School
St James Place , Shirley B90 2BA
- not rated 988 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Solihull Alternative Provision Academy
Cranmore Avenue , Shirley B90 4LE
- not rated 1,797 yd Free schools alternative provision No Mixed More About School
Rosslyn School and Day Nursery
1597 Stratford Road , Hall Green B28 9JB
- not rated 2,568 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.