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Forest Oak School

Mixed · ages 4–19 · with sixth formSolihull, West Midlands · Birmingham B36 0UESchool website
Pupils on roll
215of 216 places
Free school meals
66.7%
Year 11 cohort 2025
15
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding, 20 June 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 28 pupils who finished Year 11 at Forest Oak School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Forest Oak School’s own sixth form (Solihull average 29%), 7% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Solihull and England.

Forest Oak School
Solihull
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureForest Oak SchoolSolihullEngland
Pupils in the cohort283,283607,348
Any sustained destination100%90%92%
Stayed in education100%84%86%
— school sixth form0%29%34%
— sixth form college0%14%13%
— further education college7%38%37%
— other education93%3%2%
Apprenticeship0%4%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination0%6%6%
Destination unknown0%3%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Other secondary schools in Solihull

Alderbrook School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,701 pupils

87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.2

Arden

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,812 pupils

90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 59.6

Grace Academy Solihull

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 884 pupils

80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.2

Langley School

Academy converter · 1,050 pupils

85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.6

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.