Plantsbrook School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C61
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Sutton Coldfield, B72 1RB
- Distance
- 1.4km away
Bishop Walsh Catholic School
Wylde Green Road, Sutton Coldfield, B76 1QT
Local ranking22nd of 89 secondary schools in Birmingham
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1000
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 8 January 2025. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 54.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 57.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 82.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 170
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 92.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Higher education
- 50.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 30.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
30.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
31.6
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
112
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 10.1% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 29.9
- 16-18 Cohort
- 227
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1081
- Boys
- 571 (53%)
- Girls
- 505 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1000 (108% full)
- SEND
- 14.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 16.1%
- EAL
- 11.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.4%
- SEN Support
- 12.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 56.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,716/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
- 6.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 16.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 65.7%
- White Other: 10.2%
- Black African: 4.8%
- Mixed Other: 3.4%
- Asian Indian: 3.2%
- White Irish: 2.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
65.7%
White British
10.2%
White Other
4.8%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Wylde Green Road
Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 140524
- UKPRN
- 10044481
- Establishment No.
- 4661
- Trust
- ST. JOHN PAUL II MULTI ACADEMY COMPANY
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