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Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls

11–18Ages
1,236Pupils
SecondaryPhase
SelectiveGrammar school
GirlsPupils
Sixth formAges 16–18
136778URN

Jockey Road, Sutton Coldfield, B73 5PT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

6.1per place

1.9 above Birmingham median (4.2)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BirminghamSelective

1,094 applications for 179 places · 21st of 83 in Birmingham

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

80.5of 90

Birmingham 45.3 England 46.0

1st of 88 in Birmingham

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 8 November 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Sixth form provision		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

6.1applications per place, Year 7

1.9 above Birmingham median (4.2) 3.9 above England median (2.2)

1,094 applications · 179 places offered · 320 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

2026 6.1; Birmingham median median 4.2
2025 6.6; Birmingham median median 4.3
2024 6.4; Birmingham median median 4.0
2023 6.1; Birmingham median median 4.1
2022 6.0; Birmingham median median 4.5
2021 5.8; Birmingham median median 4.3
2020 6.2; Birmingham median median 4.8
2019 8.0; Birmingham median median 4.8
2018 7.0; Birmingham median median 4.6
2017 6.4; Birmingham median median 4.5
2016 6.6; Birmingham median median 3.8
2015 6.4; Birmingham median median 3.6
2014 6.7; Birmingham median median 3.5

More applications per place than the Birmingham median in 13 of 13 years.

This school
Birmingham median

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

Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates

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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	179	1,094	6.1	320	1.79
Sep 2025	178	1,170	6.6	333	1.87
Sep 2024	180	1,158	6.4	362	2.01
Sep 2023	178	1,081	6.1	291	1.63
Sep 2022	180	1,071	6.0	285	1.58
Sep 2021	177	1,020	5.8	243	1.37
Sep 2020	180	1,112	6.2	261	1.45
Sep 2019	160	1,283	8.0	374	2.34
Sep 2018	175	1,221	7.0	343	1.96
Sep 2017	177	1,134	6.4	356	2.01
Sep 2016	178	1,166	6.6	391	2.20
Sep 2015	180	1,151	6.4	410	2.28
Sep 2014	180	1,211	6.7	414	2.30

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

180 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)80.51st of 88 in Birmingham

Birmingham 45.3 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths99%2nd of 88 in Birmingham

Birmingham 46% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths100%

Birmingham 65% England 66%

This school
Birmingham median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+1.05

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	180	80.5	99%	100%	–
2024/25	179	79.4	99%	100%	–
2023/24	179	80.9	99%	100%	+1.05
2022/23	178	78.8	100%	100%	+0.95

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

Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for GirlsThis school
This school

Good2022

6.1applications per place 80.5Attainment 8 Selective
Plantsbrook School
0.9 km · Birmingham

Standards maintained2025

6.2applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
Bishop Walsh Catholic School
1.5 km · Birmingham

Standards maintained2025

7.2applications per place 54.8Attainment 8
Bishop Vesey's Grammar School
1.7 km · Birmingham

Outstanding2024

5.6applications per place 79.5Attainment 8 Selective
Fairfax
2.3 km · Birmingham

Good2024

5.5applications per place 48.5Attainment 8
The Royal Sutton School
2.4 km · Birmingham

Good2023

6.9applications per place 39.8Attainment 8
St Edmund Campion Catholic School
2.7 km · Birmingham

Standards maintained2025

3.6applications per place 41.1Attainment 8
The Arthur Terry School
3.9 km · Birmingham

Good2022

4.9applications per place 52.6Attainment 8
The Streetly Academy
3.9 km · Walsall

Good2022

3.8applications per place 42.9Attainment 8

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 136778 · 330/4300
Trust: Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls Academy Trust
Admissions policy: Selective
Capacity: 831 pupils · 1,236 on roll
Free school meals: 17.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 June 2011
Replaced: Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls (URN 103521)
Address: Jockey Road, Sutton Coldfield, B73 5PT
Local authority: Birmingham

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