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Hodge Hill College

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,193Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 103503URN

Bromford Road, Hodge Hill, Birmingham, B36 8HB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Dec 2025

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.4per place
0.9 below Birmingham median (4.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BirminghamSelective

805 applications for 239 places · 65th of 83 in Birmingham
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
44.1of 90
53rd of 88 in Birmingham
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 2 December 2025Published 25 January 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 2 December 2025
    Report card · 5 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 14 October 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
3.4applications per place, Year 7
0.9 below Birmingham median (4.2) 1.1 above England median (2.2)

805 applications · 239 places offered · 186 named it first

  1. 2026 3.4; Birmingham median median 4.2
  2. 2025 3.9; Birmingham median median 4.3
  3. 2024 3.8; Birmingham median median 4.0
  4. 2023 3.6; Birmingham median median 4.1
  5. 2022 3.7; Birmingham median median 4.5
  6. 2021 3.6; Birmingham median median 4.3
  7. 2020 4.1; Birmingham median median 4.8
  8. 2019 3.7; Birmingham median median 4.8
  9. 2018 3.9; Birmingham median median 4.6
  10. 2017 3.3; Birmingham median median 4.5
  11. 2016 3.0; Birmingham median median 3.8
  12. 2015 2.9; Birmingham median median 3.6
  13. 2014 2.8; Birmingham median median 3.5
More applications per place than the Birmingham median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Birmingham median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262398053.41860.78
Sep 20252399203.91990.83
Sep 20242379023.82170.92
Sep 20232408653.61760.73
Sep 20222408883.71740.73
Sep 20212398683.61770.74
Sep 20202409854.12230.93
Sep 20192388893.72270.95
Sep 20182349083.92100.90
Sep 20172387813.31830.77
Sep 20162387193.01810.76
Sep 20152406912.91790.75
Sep 20142406802.81530.64

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

233 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)44.153rd of 88 in Birmingham
Grade 5 or above in English and maths40%58th of 88 in Birmingham
Grade 4 or above in English and maths61%
  • This school
  • Birmingham median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.19
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)23344.140%61%–
2024/2523645.140%63%–
2023/2424043.543%58%+0.19
2022/2324148.543%62%+0.65

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
103503 · 330/4201
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,200 pupils · 1,193 on roll
Free school meals
48.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Bromford Road, Hodge Hill, Birmingham, B36 8HB
Local authority
Birmingham

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources