Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 8 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Birmingham
Unique reference
136778
Address
Jockey Road, B73 5PT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1204 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
24.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
10.1%
Persistent absence
13.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
5.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 28.7%
Indian 24.4%
Pakistani 13.4%
Other Asian 6.6%
Mixed 5.8%
Chinese 4.7%
African 4.2%
Other 3.2%
Other White 2.7%
Bangladeshi 2.4%
Other Black 1.7%
Unclassified 1.1%
Caribbean 0.7%
Irish 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.95
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 42%
Local authority average 46%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 100%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 78.8
Local authority average 46.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 7
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE16
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE41
BiologyGCSE177
Business Studies:SingleGCSE85
ChemistryGCSE177
ChineseGCSE3
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE44
Design & TechnologyGCSE10
English LanguageGCSE178
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
180
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
362
2nd preference
231
3rd preference
184
From another Local Authority
275
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
166
2nd preference
11
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
54
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 classes23.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
180
0
180
Year 8
180
0
180
Year 9
179
0
179
Year 10
179
0
179
Year 11
179
0
179
Year 12
156
0
156
Year 13
151
0
151
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
98.0%
88.8%
86.5%
Further education
2.0%
38.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
94.0%
35.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
14.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
2.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
5.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
90.0%
73.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
59.0%
21.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
58.0%
20.5%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
5.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
5.0%
1.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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