Colmers School and Sixth Form College

Type Secondary / Foundation school
Age Range 11-19
Religion Unknown
Address Bristol Road South
Rednal
Birmingham
West Midlands
B45 9NY
Phone 01214531778
Reference Number 103563

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1241
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 54.79%
Girls: 45.21%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 47.4%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 11.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.1

Year Groups

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

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 68.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 7.1%
African 6.9%
Caribbean 2.4%
White, Other 2.2%
White & Asian 2%
Mixed, Other 1.8%
Chinese 1.5%
Pakistani 1.4%
Asian, Other 1.2%
Unclassified 1%
Indian 0.7%
White & Black (African) 0.7%
Irish 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating Requires Improvement
 >  Quality of education Requires Improvement
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Requires Improvement
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Sixth Form Provision Good
Last Inspection Date 2023-06-15
Date Description Report
2023-04-18 School inspection: School inspection:
2018-01-23 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2014-11-05 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2013-04-25 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-06-23 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2008-09-30 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2007-07-03 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2001-05-21 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
40.6 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 28% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 49.2% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 26.32 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 26.67 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C- C+ C+
Average Grade (best 3) C- C+ C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 0% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 189 20
Third Preference 102 4
From another Local Authority 38 7

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name Distance
Rubery Nursery School
Leybrook Road, Birmingham, B45 9PB
0.05 miles
Colmers Farm Primary School
Leybrook Road, Rubery, Birmingham, West Midlands, B45 9PB
0.09 miles
Rednal Hill Junior School
Irwin Avenue, Rednal, Birmingham, West Midlands, B45 8QY
0.36 miles
Rednal Hill Infant School
Irwin Avenue, Rednal, Birmingham, West Midlands, B45 8QY
0.36 miles
St James Catholic Primary School
Leach Heath Lane, Rednal, Birmingham, West Midlands, B45 9BN
0.45 miles
St Columba's Catholic Primary School
Lickey Road, Rednal, Birmingham, West Midlands, B45 8TD
0.53 miles
Holly Hill Methodist CofE Infant School
New Street, Rubery, Rednal, Birmingham, West Midlands, B45 0EU
0.81 miles
Forestdale Primary School
Wareham Road, Frankley, Birmingham, West Midlands, B45 0JS
0.83 miles
Beaconside Primary and Nursery School
Hazel Road, Rubery, Birmingham, West Midlands, B45 9DX
0.96 miles
Reaside Academy
Tresco Close, Frankley, Rubery, Birmingham, B45 0HY
1.01 miles
The Meadows Primary School
Bristol Road South, Northfield, Bristol Road South, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 2SW
1.07 miles
Merritts Brook Primary E-ACT Academy
Trescott Road, Northfield, Birmingham, B31 5QD
1.18 miles
Holywell Primary and Nursery School
School Road, Rubery, Rednal, Birmingham, West Midlands, B45 9EY
1.24 miles
Albert Bradbeer Primary Academy
Turves Green, Longbridge, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 4RD
1.31 miles
Turves Green Primary School
Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 4BP
1.43 miles
St Brigid's Catholic Primary School
Frankley Beeches Road, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 5AB
1.53 miles
Cofton Primary School
Wootton Road, West Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 4ST
1.53 miles
The Orchards Primary Academy
Rhayader Road, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 1TX
1.71 miles
Lickey Hills Primary School and Nursery
Old Birmingham Road, Lickey, Birmingham, West Midlands, B45 8EU
1.74 miles
West Heath Nursery School
200 West Heath Road, Birmingham, B31 3HB
1.77 miles
Name Distance
King Edward VI Balaam Wood Academy
New Street, Frankley, Birmingham, West Midlands, B45 0EU
0.78 miles
Waseley Hills High School
School Road, Rubery, Birmingham, West Midlands, B45 9EL
1.23 miles
Turves Green Boys' School
Turves Green, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 4BS
1.4 miles
King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls
Turves Green, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 4BP
1.52 miles
Victoria School
Bell Hill, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 1LD
2.16 miles
New Ways School
300 Redhill road, Kings Norton, Birmingham, West Midlands, B38 9EL
2.27 miles
King Edward VI Five Ways School
Scotland Lane, Bartley Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, B32 4BT
2.48 miles
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School
Wychall Lane, Kings Norton, Birmingham, West Midlands, B38 8AP
2.54 miles
E-ACT Shenley Academy
Shenley Lane, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B29 4HE
2.57 miles
Bartley Green School
Adams Hill, Birmingham, West Midlands, B32 3QJ
2.85 miles
Bournville School
Hay Green Lane, Birmingham, West Midlands, B30 1SH
2.86 miles
King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys
Northfield Road, King's Norton, Birmingham, West Midlands, B30 1DY
2.97 miles
Ark Kings Academy
Shannon Road, Kings Norton, Birmingham, West Midlands, B38 9DE
3.03 miles
Kings Norton Girls' School
Selly Oak Road, Kings Norton, Birmingham, West Midlands, B30 1HW
3.35 miles
Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School
Woodbrooke Road, Bournville, Birmingham, West Midlands, B30 1UL
3.35 miles
Chadsgrove School
Meadow Road, Catshill, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 0JL
3.49 miles
Hillcrest School and Sixth Form Centre
Stonehouse Lane, Birmingham, West Midlands, B32 3AE
3.53 miles
Fircroft College of Adult Education
1018 Bristol Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, West Midlands, B29 6LH
3.54 miles
The University of Birmingham School
Weoley Park Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 6QU
3.59 miles
Selly Oak Trust School
Oak Tree Lane, Selly Oak, Birmingham, West Midlands, B29 6HZ
3.83 miles
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