Colmers School and Sixth Form College

State-Funded School

colmers-school-and-sixth-form-college-birmingham-west-midlands

West MidlandsRegion

BirminghamLocal Authority

Birmingham NorthfieldConstituency

B45 9NYPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Colmers School and Sixth Form College is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–19, located in Birmingham, West Midlands.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 1,139 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 3 Mar 2026 · published 8 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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 Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 41.7
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 30.8%
EBacc average point score: 3.47

Ethnicity

White

67%

Asian

Black

11%

Mixed

14%

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

1,139

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

54%

England average

27%

First language not English

12%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 19
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 1,139
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
14 Jun 2023	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
26 Feb 2018	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.