Plantsbrook School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C61
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Sutton Coldfield, B72 1RB
- Distance
- 1.2km away
Bishop Vesey's Grammar School
Lichfield Road, Sutton Coldfield, B74 2NH
Local ranking6th of 89 secondary schools in Birmingham
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1360
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Boys
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 30 April 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 79.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 98.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 99.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 191
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 98.0%
- Continued in education
- 97.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Higher education
- 73.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 9.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B+
Avg A-Level Grade
44.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
44.3
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
210
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 45.2% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 455
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1413
- Boys
- 1345 (92%)
- Girls
- 110 (8%)
- Capacity
- 1360 (107% full)
- SEND
- 7.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 14.3%
- EAL
- 26.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.5%
- SEN Support
- 6.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 23.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 60.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,098/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 30.1%
- Asian Indian: 24.9%
- Asian Pakistani: 11.8%
- Black African: 5.4%
- Asian Chinese: 5.2%
- Mixed Other: 5.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 4.4%
- Other: 3.4%
30.1%
White British
24.9%
Asian Indian
11.8%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Lichfield Road
Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 137988
- UKPRN
- 10036861
- Establishment No.
- 4660
- Trust
- BISHOP VESEY'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL
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