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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 26 February 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 4 June 2019Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry1,672 applications · 270 places offered · 273 named it first
- 2026 6.2; Birmingham median median 4.2
- 2025 7.3; Birmingham median median 4.3
- 2024 7.6; Birmingham median median 4.0
- 2023 7.8; Birmingham median median 4.1
- 2022 6.9; Birmingham median median 4.5
- 2021 7.3; Birmingham median median 4.3
- 2020 7.3; Birmingham median median 4.8
- 2019 6.3; Birmingham median median 4.8
- 2018 6.5; Birmingham median median 4.6
- 2017 6.4; Birmingham median median 4.5
- 2016 6.4; Birmingham median median 3.8
- 2015 5.9; Birmingham median median 3.6
- 2014 5.4; Birmingham median median 3.5
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 270 | 1,672 | 6.2 | 273 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2025 | 237 | 1,735 | 7.3 | 259 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2024 | 238 | 1,809 | 7.6 | 306 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2023 | 235 | 1,843 | 7.8 | 400 | 1.70 |
| Sep 2022 | 254 | 1,764 | 6.9 | 336 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2021 | 243 | 1,777 | 7.3 | 318 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2020 | 239 | 1,754 | 7.3 | 329 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2019 | 252 | 1,581 | 6.3 | 275 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2018 | 235 | 1,519 | 6.5 | 223 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2017 | 240 | 1,523 | 6.4 | 266 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2016 | 224 | 1,430 | 6.4 | 308 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2015 | 210 | 1,241 | 5.9 | 240 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2014 | 225 | 1,206 | 5.4 | 210 | 0.93 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 238 | 49.1 | 55% | 78% | – |
| 2024/25 | 233 | 51.8 | 60% | 78% | – |
| 2023/24 | 229 | 50.8 | 61% | 78% | −0.01 |
| 2022/23 | 222 | 50.9 | 61% | 74% | +0.06 |
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
- Plantsbrook SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20256.2applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
- 0.9 km · BirminghamGood20226.1applications per place 80.5Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.2 km · BirminghamOutstanding20245.6applications per place 79.5Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.4 km · BirminghamStandards maintained20257.2applications per place 54.8Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · BirminghamGood20245.5applications per place 48.5Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · BirminghamGood20236.9applications per place 39.8Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · BirminghamStandards maintained20253.6applications per place 41.1Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · BirminghamGood20224.9applications per place 52.6Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · WalsallGood20223.8applications per place 42.9Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137053 · 330/4331
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,498 pupils · 1,574 on roll
- Free school meals
- 17.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 August 2011
- Replaced
- Plantsbrook School (URN 103527)
- Address
- Upper Holland Road, Sutton Coldfield, B72 1RB
- Local authority
- Birmingham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources