Hodge Hill College

Community school·Secondary school Birmingham·B36 8HB
Composite score
56.4
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#1,693
National rank
#161
In West Midlands
#43
In Birmingham
Top 53%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
45.1
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
40%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
63%
% EBacc grade 5+
8%
EBacc average points score
3.79

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 02/12/2025 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Needs attention
Safeguarding standards
Met

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
95%
186 first choices, 239 places
First choices per place
0.78
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
805
any preference, for 239 places
Last place offered lived
1.61 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 2592 m
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7220220.7320230.9220240.8320250.782026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
1,205
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
55.2%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
28.8%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.6%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
0.9%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.7%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
22.9%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
13.3
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,665
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
83%
241 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
83%
Employment
0%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

Hodge Hill College at a glance

Located in Birmingham, Hodge Hill College is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 1,205 pupils aged 11 to 16. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 45.1 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 1.6 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

40% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 63% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 95% of the families who made Hodge Hill College their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 1.61 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. After Year 11, 83% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.7%. There are about 13.3 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 55% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Hodge Hill College does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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