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
1215 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
21.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
13.5%
Persistent absence
5.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
5.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 25.5%
Indian 23.5%
Pakistani 13.7%
Other Asian 7.8%
Chinese 6.3%
Mixed 6.1%
African 5.9%
Other 3.2%
Other White 2.6%
Bangladeshi 2.1%
Other Black 1.2%
Unclassified 1.2%
Caribbean 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 49%
Local authority average 48%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 99%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 79.3
Local authority average 46.5
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 7.16
Local authority average 4.14
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE4
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE30
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE34
BiologyGCSE178
Business Studies:SingleGCSE98
ChemistryGCSE178
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE58
Design & TechnologyGCSE28
English LanguageGCSE179
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
178
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
333
2nd preference
197
3rd preference
219
From another Local Authority
308
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
144
2nd preference
26
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
71
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
181
0
181
Year 8
180
0
180
Year 9
180
0
180
Year 10
179
0
179
Year 11
179
0
179
Year 12
161
0
161
Year 13
155
0
155
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
87.1%
85.5%
Further education
3.0%
39.9%
36.9%
School sixth form
89.0%
34.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
4.0%
12.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
6.3%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
4.3%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
92.0%
69.1%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
66.0%
28.0%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.3%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.2%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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