Colmers School and Sixth Form College
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D49
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Birmingham, B45 9NY
- Distance
- 1.3km away
King Edward VI Balaam Wood Academy
New Street, Frankley, Birmingham, B45 0EU
Local ranking70th of 89 secondary schools in Birmingham
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
546
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 31 January 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 39.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 31.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 47.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 72
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 82.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 414
- Boys
- 232 (55%)
- Girls
- 191 (45%)
- Capacity
- 546 (77% full)
- SEND
- 38.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 69.3%
- EAL
- 13.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.4%
- SEN Support
- 34.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 23.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,313/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
- 9.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 29.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 66.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 5.7%
- Mixed Other: 5.0%
- Asian Other: 4.2%
- Black African: 3.2%
- Black Caribbean: 2.7%
- Other: 2.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.2%
66.9%
White British
5.7%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
5.0%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
New Street
Birmingham, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 147440
- UKPRN
- 10084189
- Establishment No.
- 4036
- Trust
- KING EDWARD VI ACADEMY TRUST BIRMINGHAM
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