Colmers School and Sixth Form College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Apr 19 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Birmingham
Unique reference
103563
Address
Bristol Road South, Rednal, B45 9NY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1241 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
54.8%
Girls
45.2%
First language not English
11.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
46.3%
Persistent absence
35.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 68.5%
Mixed 11.6%
African 6.9%
Caribbean 2.4%
Other White 2.2%
Chinese 1.5%
Pakistani 1.4%
Other Asian 1.2%
Other Black 1%
Other 1%
Unclassified 1%
Indian 0.7%
Irish 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.38
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 15%
Local authority average 46%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 27%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.3
Local authority average 46.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.09
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award9
Sports StudiesTechnical Award1
ArabicGCSE3
Art & DesignGCSE44
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE3
BiologyGCSE55
ChemistryGCSE54
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE33
English LanguageGCSE233
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Colmers School and Sixth Form College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
195
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
154
2nd preference
189
3rd preference
102
From another Local Authority
38
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
154
2nd preference
20
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
245
133
112
Year 8
242
131
111
Year 9
235
129
106
Year 10
223
120
103
Year 11
238
130
108
Year 12
21
8
13
Year 13
37
29
8
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
87.1%
85.6%
Further education
60.0%
38.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
22.0%
34.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
3.0%
13.5%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
2.7%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
SP
1.4%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
6.7%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
2.1%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
69.0%
75.6%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
48.0%
36.1%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
7.0%
2.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.7%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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