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Waverley is a boys and girls school for pupils age 11 - 19.

It is situated just south of Bordesley Green

Bordesley Green

Bordesley Green is an inner-city area of Birmingham, England about two miles south-east from the city centre. It also contains a road of the same name. It is also a ward in the formal district of Hodge Hill. Neighbouring areas include, Alum Rock, Saltley, Small Heath and Yardley.Heartlands Hospital...

's Heartlands Hospital, between Hob Moor Road and Kingscliff Road.

Waverley school has 835 pupils on roll at this time. This is gradually increasing as the school becomes more and more popular thanks to its Outstanding performance and its improvements. It is a mixed-gender 11-16 community, secondary school. Students are attaining 5+ A*-C grades in 2009 well above average and beyond National Challenge targets. This is a vast improvement from how it used to be before.

History

The co-educational Waverley Grammar School was situated between Byron Road and Waverley Road, now next to the A45

A45 road

The A45 is a major road in England. It runs east from Birmingham past the National Exhibition Centre and the M42, then bypasses Coventry and Rugby, where it briefly merges with the M45 until it continues to Daventry...

 - Muntz St (B4145) roundabout, and next to Small Heath Park. This school is now Small Heath School, Birmingham

Small Heath School, Birmingham

Small Heath School is a secondary school on Waverley Road in Small Heath, Birmingham, England. This very large school serves an inner city area of Birmingham. It is a popular choice with parents, with more than two applications for every place available. Almost all students walk to school from the...

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Academic performance

In 2006, Waverley was recognized as one of the most improved schools at GCSE level in England.

Recently, on 28–29 April 2010 Waverley School was inspected my Her Majesty's inspectors and four additional inspectors. They observed 34 lessons and 38 teachers, four form periods and an assembly. After they had gathered up their notes and came to a decision, Waverley School was officially labelled as an Outstanding school. It is one of the 8 secondary schools in the UK to be labelled as Outstanding by Ofsted.