Alderbrook School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,701 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.2
Academy special sponsor led
Castlewood School
- Pupils on roll
- 97of 96 places
- Free school meals
- 73.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 16
- Ofsted
- Report card, 23 June 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Expected standardAttendance and behaviour Expected standardPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Oaklands (URN 130960, until 12 August 2014).
What the data says
Castlewood School has no sixth form. Of the 14 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 79% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 12.6 against 46.1 across England and 47.0 in Solihull, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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.
As an 11–16 school, Castlewood School is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Castlewood School | Solihull | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 14 | 3,283 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 86% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 86% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 29% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| — further education college | 79% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 7% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 7% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Castlewood School | Solihull | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 12.6 | 47.0 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 48% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 6% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 44% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 1.04 | 4.16 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 75% | 29% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | — | 33.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 52.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 6% | 11% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Science | 15 | 94% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 13% |
| English Language | 14 | 88% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 29% |
| Mathematics | 14 | 88% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 7% |
| Art and Design | 9 | 56% | 7% | 0% | 24% | 22% |
| History | 5 | 31% | 41% | — | 26% | — |
| Design and Technology | 4 | 25% | 11% | — | 23% | — |
| English Literature | 1 | 6% | 86% | — | 21% | — |
| Biology | 1 | 6% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
| Chemistry | 1 | 6% | 23% | — | 47% | — |
Other secondary schools in Solihull
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
Heart of England School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,185 pupils
78% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.2
John Henry Newman Catholic College
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,273 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.6
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.