Yardleys School is a secondary academy in Birmingham, United Kingdom with 930 pupils, part of Yardleys School. Ofsted: Good, inspected 7 March 2023. As of 10 November 2026 it is advertising 2 vacancies: Teacher of Maths – Fixed Term Contract (closes 23 November) and Cover Supervisor (closes 19 November).
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 2 live vacancies.
Head
Gurpreet Basra, Headteacher
Trust or group
Yardleys School
Type
Academy, Secondary
Pupils
930 pupils · 43% girls · 63.0% eligible for free school meals · 58.0% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
153 (16.5%) on SEN support · 14 (1.5%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Salary £28,154 to £34,811 a yearCloses 19 NovStarts January 2027
Full timeTeaching support
COVER SUPERVISORNJC Grade 3 £28,154 - £34,811 p.a. pro rata(Actual salary £24,724 - £30,570 p.a.)36.5 hours per week, term time only Start date: January 2027“Yardleys School is a…
Teacher of Maths Fixed term contract - Maternity Cover up to 31st December 2027MPS/UPSRequired for January 2027“Yardleys school is a unique and special place.” Yardleys is a…
Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional
43.6
41.4%
2024/25
46.7
46.0%
2023/24
47.5
51.9%
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
7 March 2023
Graded inspection
Good
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
58.8
15.8
–
0
£58,696
2024/25
57.4
16.2
9%
0
£49,074
2023/24
57.8
16.0
20%
0
£51,136
2022/23
63.0
15.0
22%
0
£49,468
2021/22
60.0
15.5
10%
0
£45,886
2020/21
58.8
15.8
7%
0
£45,804
Earlier years (2013/14 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
59.6
15.6
3%
0
£43,079
2018/19
61.4
15.1
11%
0
£42,421
2017/18
65.8
13.8
13%
0
£39,481
2016/17
71.4
12.8
22%
0
£38,081
2015/16
73.4
12.3
18%
0
£36,210
2014/15
72.0
12.8
19%
0
£36,893
2013/14
71.4
12.8
14%
0
£35,852
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
6.8%
3.3%
21.6%
1.9%
2024/25
6.5%
2.8%
18.9%
1.9%
2023/24
6.6%
3.3%
17.7%
1.8%
2022/23
5.7%
2.3%
14.9%
1.1%
2021/22
6.0%
2.1%
16.3%
1.2%
2020/21
3.6%
1.0%
9.0%
0.8%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
4.3%
1.6%
9.4%
0.9%
2017/18
5.0%
2.0%
12.9%
0.8%
2016/17
5.1%
2.1%
11.2%
0.8%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Hiring history
4 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 2 teaching, 2 support. Most often advertised: Careers Education Advisor, Level 3 Teaching Assistant, SENIOR ADMINISTRATOR. Last advertised September 2026.
Counted from the job services and school websites EduAtlas reads; a school may also advertise elsewhere.
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Inspection: Ofsted. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.