Community special school

Merstone School

Mixed · ages 2–19 · with sixth formSolihull, West Midlands · Birmingham B36 0UESchool website
Pupils on roll
166of 166 places
Free school meals
62.6%
Year 11 cohort 2025
10
Ofsted
Report card, 24 March 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Strong standardAchievement Strong standardAttendance and behaviour Strong standardPersonal development and wellbeing Strong standardInclusion Strong standardLeadership and governance Strong standardPost-16 provision Strong standardSafeguarding Met
What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where Merstone School’s Year 11 leavers went next (the cohort is too small to report), so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

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.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

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.

Where Merstone School is

Other secondary schools in Solihull are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Solihull’s allocation statistics.

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.