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Hodge Hill College

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Community school

Bromford Road, Hodge Hill, Birmingham B36 8HB · hodgehill.bham.sch.uk · 0121 783 7807

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Overview

Ofsted
Report card
Dec 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
GCSEs, 2024/25
45.1
average Attainment 8 score. Birmingham 46.6, England 46
Last distance offered
1.61 mi
2.59 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Birmingham Council
Demand for places
0.8
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,193
99% of 1,200 places
Local authority
Birmingham
Sixth form
No
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
48.2%
First language not English
28.6%
School census 2025/26

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 1.61 mi (2.59 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 0.98 mi (1.58 km). Source: Birmingham Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 186 families put the school first and 239 places were offered; 95% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

Demand for places

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 174 (Places 240)174September 2023: 176 (Places 240)176September 2024: 217 (Places 237)217September 2025: 199 (Places 239)199September 2026: 186 (Places 239)186Places 239
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262391860.895%
September 2025Sept 20252391990.884%
September 2024Sept 20242372170.982%
September 2023Sept 20232401760.790%
September 2022Sept 20222401740.787%

Last distance offered

Year 7Distance
September 20261.61 mi2.59 km
September 20250.98 mi1.58 km
September 20240.90 mi1.45 km
September 20231.27 mi2.04 km
September 20221.16 mi1.86 km

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45.1, and 39.8% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Birmingham it was 46.6, and across England 46.

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 42.7 (England 46.3)42.72017/18: 45.2 (England 46.5)45.22018/19: 49.5 (England 46.7)49.52021/22: 50.1 (England 48.8)50.12022/23: 48.5 (England 46.3)48.52023/24: 43.5 (England 45.9)43.52024/25: 45.1 (England 46.0)45.1England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
●45.146.0
▼39.8%45.4%
▼62.7%64.8%
●39.4%40.5%
▼3.794.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form14.2−1.2
Sixth form college25+1.9
Further education43.3−3.7
Employment0.8−1.3
Not in a lasting destination9.6+1.9
Activity not captured7.1+4.1

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Hodge Hill College on 2 December 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.

Inspected
2 Dec 2025
Report card
Safeguarding
Met

Inspection reports

Graded areas

InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and well-beingExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard

Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Oct 2021

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Oct 2021Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • May 2016Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Apr 2014Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement

What parents said

70% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (54 replies, to 6 April 2026).

Recommend
70%
Positive
33%
Replies
54
4% · 6 Apr 2026
Child is happy at school▼78% agreeEngland 84%
Child feels safe▼70% agreeEngland 85%
Pupils are well behaved▼66% agreeEngland 78%
Gets the right support to learn▼24% agreeEngland 78%
School communicates well▼71% agreeEngland 77%
Acts in child’s best interests▼20% agreeEngland 76%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼60% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 98% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly●41% agreeEngland 43%

based on 29 parents (54%) whose child was bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼44% agreeEngland 63%

based on 9 parents (17%) with SEND

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