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Bartley Green School

Secondary · Birmingham · B32 3QJ

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Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 7 March 2023

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At a glance

927 pupils · 97% of 955 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
59.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
18.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
19.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://www.bartleygreenschool.co.uk/
URN
136589

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 138 families named it first for 183 Year 7 places, 0.75 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 2152 m (≈1.34 mi); distance decided places in 5 of the 6 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 7 March 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 11.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.75 first-choice applications per place

183 places offered · 138 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 2152 m (≈1.34 mi)

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

184 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
39.9
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
49.5%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
30.4%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.6
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school39.9
Median of its 12 closest peers38.5
Birmingham average47.7
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
North Shore AcademyStockton-on-Tees · 150 miles awayStrong standard48.2
Kingsmeadow Community SchoolGateshead · 174 miles awayExpected standard42.9
Haberdashers' Borough AcademyLondon · 104 miles awayGood47.8
Leigh Academy BexleyErith · 114 miles awayExpected standard35.4
Dixons Brooklands AcademyManchester · 68 miles awayRequires improvement36.1
The Link AcademyDudley · 5 miles awayExpected standard40.4
Ormiston NEW AcademyWolverhampton · 14 miles awayExpected standard35.7
Blackpool Aspire AcademyBlackpool · 105 miles awayRequires improvement36.7
Salford City AcademyManchester · 74 miles awayExpected standard46.1
Astor Secondary SchoolDover · 167 miles awayNeeds attention27.9
Haberdashers' Knights AcademyBromley · 111 miles awayGood42.9
Kirkby High SchoolLiverpool · 81 miles awayGood31.4

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
10 of 15 places taken places may be available

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 53% (Birmingham 22%, England 59%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 9% (Birmingham 3%, England 2%) · Black African 8% (Birmingham 10%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 6% (Birmingham 7%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Birmingham 4%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 5% (Birmingham 3%, England 1%) · Any other White background 3% (Birmingham 4%, England 7%) · Not recorded 2% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Birmingham 25%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 2% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Birmingham 3%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 1% (Birmingham 6%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Birmingham 6%, England 2%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
11.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
33.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

36.10 suspensions per 100 pupils and 7 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Birmingham: 15.08 suspensions and 0.24 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
16
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

83% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 14% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 1.64% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

78.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 19.6 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,603; 11.3% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£9,029
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (6%) · supplies and services 10% (11%) · educational supplies 5% (6%) · bought-in professional services 2% (1%) · catering 3% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £801,000; in-year balance +£72,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
88%
Continuing in education
85%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
1%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher23%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications22.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work26.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways19.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health43.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier77.7%62.3%
Social housing10%17.1%
Privately rented12%20.5%
Detached houses9.7%22.9%
Flats1.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms6.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van19.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01008920 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£200,000200 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£174,000–£245,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (15)£323,000
Semi-detached (47)£251,000
Terraced (126)£190,000
Flat (12)£90,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (2.15 km, 2025 entry): 720 sales, median £215,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
8an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
20an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
7an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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