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Daylesford Academy

Pupil referral unit / alternative provision · ages 11-16MixedAcademy alternative provision sponsor led23 pupilsSolihull
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWe don't score this type of school.
OfstedNo overall gradeLast Ofsted inspection, June 2025
Pupils from low-income families70%Far more than most schools
Places12 spare23 pupils, 35 places
Pupils per teacher4.2School workforce census
Pupils on roll23Census January 2026

Daylesford Academy is an academy alternative provision sponsor led in Solihull for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 23 pupils and room for 35. About 70 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2025, no overall grade.

Lyndon Road, Solihull, B92 7QW0121 285 3070daylesfordacademy.org.ukMrs Tina Whitehouse headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted's last full inspection was on 10 June 2025, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.

TeachingOfsted calls this “quality of education”
Good
BehaviourOfsted calls this “behaviour and attitudes”
Good
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development”
Good
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and management”
Good
Safeguarding
Effective
Yes

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Solihull council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll23Census January 2026
Places3566% full
Pupils from low-income families70%70% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English0%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support44%10 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan30%7 pupils with a plan
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)52%£13,200 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls15 / 8
White British pupils87%

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (10), Autistic spectrum disorder (2), Other difficulty or disability (2), Multi-sensory impairment (1), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (1), language and communications needs (1).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census2026202520242023
Pupils on roll23231011
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals70%83%80%64%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0%0%0%0%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support52%70%64%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans13%20%36%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

Where the 7 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.

Still in education, work or training43%and stayed there for at least six months

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers7.8full-time equivalent, 8 people
Pupils per teacher4.2Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers88%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants2.0full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£52,385
Teachers who left in the year23%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher20.22024/25

Money

From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£26,154England £7,128. Total £1.0m
Income per pupil£27,487England £7,587. Total £1.1m
Spent on teachers per pupil£15,026England £3,405
Money in reserve1%Very little put by: £11k, £279 per pupil. England 9%
Money in against money out+£52kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£26,154spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m30512 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate52 per 1,000 people43% lower than the England average
Typical house price£328,000Solihull

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Lyndon SchoolAcademy150 m1,169Good 202279Compare
Olton Primary SchoolCouncil350 m643Good 202355Compare
St Andrew's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy650 m221Good 202471Compare
St Margaret's Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy710 m233Report card 202650Compare
Trident Alternative Provision LtdIndependent0.7 miles20Not inspectedCompare
Valley PrimaryAcademy0.7 miles581Good 202338Compare
St Thomas More Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy0.7 miles331Good 202414Compare
Brays SchoolAcademy0.8 miles93Not inspectedCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Daylesford Academy a good school?

Daylesford Academy doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it not judged at its last inspection in June 2025.

What is Daylesford Academy's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Daylesford Academy not judged at its last full inspection on 10 June 2025.

How many pupils does Daylesford Academy have?

23 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 35 places, so it is 66% full.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Lyndon Road, Solihull, B92 7QW
Telephone
0121 285 3070
Website
www.daylesfordacademy.org.uk
Headteacher
Mrs Tina Whitehouse
Type of school
Academy alternative provision sponsor led (Academy alternative provision sponsor led, academies)
Phase
Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 11-16
Gender
Mixed
Multi-academy trust
Solihull Alternative Provision Multi Academy Trust (3 schools)
Local authority
Solihull
Ward
Lyndon
Constituency
Solihull West and Shirley
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1 September 2022 (new provision)
URN
149062 · LAESTAB 3341109 · UKPRN 10090313
Formerly
Summerfield Education Centre

Where these figures come from