Colmers School and Sixth Form CollegeWaseley Hills High School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Birmingham.

Summary of the comparison

Colmers School and Sixth Form College and Waseley Hills High School are secondary schools in Birmingham.

  • Colmers School and Sixth Form College scores 49 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Waseley Hills High School scores 52 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Waseley Hills High School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Colmers School and Sixth Form College was judged the expected standard and Waseley Hills High School was judged the expected standard.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 41.7 for Colmers School and Sixth Form College and 40.5 for Waseley Hills High School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has held broadly level at Colmers School and Sixth Form College (40.9 in 2021-22, 41.7 in 2024-25) and has fallen at Waseley Hills High School (46.5 in 2021-22, 40.5 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Colmers School and Sixth Form College versus Waseley Hills High School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure BirminghamColmers School and Sixth Form CollegeBirminghamWaseley Hills High SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD49/100D52/100Stronger figure
Local ranking67th of 89 in Birmingham 32nd of 45 in Worcestershire
InspectionOfsted: ExpectedOfsted: Good
School typeFoundation school Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-19 11-18
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll1,184 741
Capacity1,400 868
LocationBirmingham, B45 9NY Birmingham, B45 9EL
GCSE results
Attainment 841.7 Stronger figure40.5 46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths30.8% 39.8% Stronger figure45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths52.1% 62.8% Stronger figure64.8%
Entering EBacc10.9% 24.8% Stronger figure40.5%
EBacc average point score3.47 Stronger figure3.42 4.09
Cohort211 113
A-level results
A-level entries20 16
A-level average points30.0 Stronger figure24.2 35.0
A-level average gradeC D+
Best 3 A-levels points30.0 Stronger figure24.2 35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects5.0% Stronger figure0.0% 17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census1,184 741
Free school meals (ever 6)54.1% 30.6%
English as an additional language12.8% 3.4%
SEN support19.5% 18.5%
SEN with an EHC plan0.7% 2.3%
Attendance
Overall absence11.8% 11.3% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence35.1% 30.1% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

A-level average points

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Colmers School and Sixth Form College

Waseley Hills High School

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