The Arthur Terry School

The Arthur Terry School demonstrates commendable performance, achieving a 'Good' overall effectiveness grading with outstanding ratings in behaviour, personal development, leadership, management, and sixth-form provision. The school fosters a positive learning environment where aspirations are high, and pupils exhibit maturity, friendliness, and pride in their school. The school's well-structured curriculum provides extensive support for personal development and prepares students well for their futures, alongside effective monitoring and support for those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). This is the school's first inspection since becoming an academy, reflecting significant advancements in educational quality since its previous grading.

Strengths

• Exceptional sixth-form provision.
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils.
• Outstanding behaviour and attitudes of pupils.
• High-quality and impartial careers advice.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND.
• Extensive and well-planned curriculum enhancing personal development.
• Mature and proud student body.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent application of strategies to support disadvantaged pupils.

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 The Arthur Terry School attended 94.2% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 14.6% 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, 1.4% of pupils at The Arthur Terry School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No 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 The Arthur Terry School had 14.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.2% 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, 13.1% of pupils at The Arthur Terry School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.6% 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 2024–25 The Arthur Terry School received £8,164 and spent £8,638 for each of its 1,745 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £1,293,000 (-£741 per pupil).

Across all 23 schools of The Arthur Terry Learning Partnership, income was £7,703 and spending £8,151 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Sutton Coldfield · Birmingham local authority: places and applications

The Arthur Terry School is part of The Arthur Terry Learning Partnership, which runs 23 schools. The nearest others:

• Mere Green Primary School Sutton Coldfield
• Hill West Primary School Sutton Coldfield
• The Royal Sutton School Sutton Coldfield
• Greysbrooke Primary School Lichfield
• Osborne Primary School Birmingham
• Stockland Green School Birmingham
• Paget Primary School Birmingham
• Brookvale Primary School Birmingham
• Slade Primary School Birmingham
• Deykin Avenue Junior and Infant School Birmingham

What is The Arthur Terry School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Arthur Terry School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was The Arthur Terry School last inspected by Ofsted?

The Arthur Terry School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does The Arthur Terry School have?

The Arthur Terry School has 1,758 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Arthur Terry School cover?

The Arthur Terry School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are The Arthur Terry School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 52.6, and 61% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is The Arthur Terry School?

The Arthur Terry School is at Kittoe Road, Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B74 4RZ.