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Cockshut Hill School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

Cockshut Hill, Yardley, Birmingham B26 2HX · cockshuthill.org.uk · 0121 289 5900

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Jun 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
38.3
average Attainment 8 score. Birmingham 46.6, England 46
Last distance offered
5.59 mi
9.00 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Birmingham Council
Demand for places
0.6
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
977
62% of 1,580 places
Local authority
Birmingham
Sixth form
No
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
61.5%
First language not English
41.1%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Summit Learning Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 5.59 mi (9.00 km) from the school. Source: Birmingham Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 154 families put the school first and 238 places were offered; 99% 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: 86 (Places 236)86September 2023: 94 (Places 208)94September 2024: 106 (Places 207)106September 2025: 114 (Places 210)114September 2026: 154 (Places 238)154Places 238
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262381540.699%
September 2025Sept 20252101140.5100%
September 2024Sept 20242071060.5100%
September 2023Sept 2023208940.5100%
September 2022Sept 2022236860.4100%

Last distance offered

Year 7Distance
September 20265.59 mi9.00 km
September 2025All
September 2024All
September 2023All
September 2022All

Every applicant was offered a place.

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 38.3, and 28.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Birmingham it was 46.6, and across England 46.

In 2015/16 the average A level result was grade E (9.42 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252017/18: 31.6 (England 46.5)31.62018/19: 37.7 (England 46.7)37.72021/22: 43.1 (England 48.8)43.12022/23: 37.8 (England 46.3)37.82023/24: 38.3 (England 45.9)38.32024/25: 38.3 (England 46.0)38.3England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼38.346.0
▼28.1%45.4%
▼49.7%64.8%
▲55.1%40.5%
▼3.444.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 103513)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form5.2−2
Sixth form college20.1−18
Further education53.6+20.1
Other education0.5—
Apprenticeship1.5+0.5
Employment2.1−0.5
Not in a lasting destination11.3+0.5
Activity not captured5.7−1

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

2016/17StudentsAverage gradeProgress
Applied general17— -0.38
84.2%finished their course
Earlier years: Applied generalStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2015/1615—+0.18

Published for the predecessor school (URN 103513)

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162017/18
Left in 2017/18
Further education11
Employment33
Not in a lasting destination11
Activity not captured44

Ofsted

Cockshut Hill School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 28 June 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
28 Jun 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jul 2019

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 103513), which Ofsted links to this one.

Before September 2019

  • Jul 2019Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Nov 2015Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 103513)

What parents said

70% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (63 replies, to 1 April 2024).

Recommend
70%
Replies
63
7% · 1 Apr 2024
Child is happy at school▼71% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▼79% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼71% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼76% agreeEngland 83%
Child does well▼76% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼61% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▼73% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼85% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities●91% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼70% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼55% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 76% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼44% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 41% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼35% agreeEngland 67%

based on 14 parents (22%) with SEND

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