Moseley School and Sixth Form

Moseley School and Sixth Form requires special measures due to significant failings in the standard of education provided to its students. While the sixth form is performing effectively with high-quality teaching and strong support for students, the main school is struggling with various challenges, including a lack of consistent academic achievement and quality teaching across the curriculum. The school is facing urgent needs for improvement, especially in foundational subjects like mathematics and science, where many students are not achieving the expected standards.

Strengths

• The sixth-form provision is effective with high-quality teaching.
• Students in the sixth form are engaged and produce high-quality work.
• The school has improved overall attendance rates.
• The sixth-form students benefit from strong subject knowledge from teachers.

Areas for Improvement

• Academic achievement in the main school is below expected standards.
• Current weaknesses in teaching negatively impact student learning.
• Many students do not secure foundational knowledge in reading and mathematics.
• Behaviour policies are not fully embedded, leading to inconsistent conduct among students.
• Support for students with special educational needs is not consistently effective.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Moseley School and Sixth Form attended 90.9% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 28.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 7.8% of pupils at Moseley School and Sixth Form were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 10 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Moseley School and Sixth Form had 14.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 16.4% of pupils at Moseley School and Sixth Form were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 0.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Moseley School and Sixth Form received £9,574 and spent £9,930 for each of its 1,426 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £3,463,000 (£2,428 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Moseley School and Sixth Form's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Moseley School and Sixth Form is Urgent improvement, from an inspection in April 2026.

When was Moseley School and Sixth Form last inspected by Ofsted?

Moseley School and Sixth Form was last inspected in April 2026.

How many pupils does Moseley School and Sixth Form have?

Moseley School and Sixth Form has 1,413 pupils on roll.

What age range does Moseley School and Sixth Form cover?

Moseley School and Sixth Form for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Moseley School and Sixth Form's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 41.0, and 33% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Moseley School and Sixth Form?

Moseley School and Sixth Form is at Wake Green Road, Moseley, Birmingham, West Midlands, B13 9UU.