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Colmers School and Sixth Form College

About the school

Colmers School and Sixth Form College is an open secondary school in Birmingham.

Latest Ofsted inspection

Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.

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Latest inspection
3 March 2026
Published
8 May 2026
Inspection type
S5 Inspection

Published inspection outcomes

Safeguarding

Met

Inclusion

Expected standard

Curriculum and teaching

Expected standard

Achievement

Expected standard

Attendance and behaviour

Expected standard

Personal development and wellbeing

Expected standard

Post-16 provision

Expected standard

Leadership and governance

Expected standard

Previous inspection framework

These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.

Overall effectiveness

Requires improvement

Quality of education

Requires improvement

Behaviour and attitudes

Requires improvement

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding

Yes

Early years

Not applicable

Sixth form

Good

Results and school context

GCSE and key stage 4

211 pupils

Attainment 8

School
41.7
Birmingham
46.6
England
46.1

Progress 8

The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.

School
N/A
Birmingham
N/A
England
N/A

English and maths grade 5+

School
30.80%
Birmingham
45.40%
England
45.40%

English and maths grade 4+

School
52.10%
Birmingham
64.20%
England
64.80%

EBacc entry

School
10.90%
Birmingham
47.60%
England
40.50%

EBacc average point score

School
3.47
Birmingham
4.15
England
4.09

A levels and sixth form

20 A-level students

Average A-level grade

School
C

Average A-level points

School
30

AAB or better

School
5.00%

Pupil context and attendance

DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.

Pupils on roll

1184

Girls

47.89%

Boys

52.11%

SEN support

19.51%

Education, health and care plan

0.68%

English as an additional language

12.80%

Eligible for free school meals in the past six years

54.13%

Overall absence

11.8

Persistent absence

35.12

Pupil destinations

DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.

After Key Stage 4

Cohort

215

Sustained education or employment

86%

Education

80%

Apprenticeship

4%

Employment

2%

Not sustained

8%

After 16–18 study

Cohort

33

Sustained education or employment

79%

Higher education

39%

Further education

3%

Apprenticeship

6%

Employment

30%

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