Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,152 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.7
Foundation special school
The Pines Special School
- Pupils on roll
- 287of 270 places
- Free school meals
- 55.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 20
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 26 February 2025Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 15 pupils who finished Year 11 at The Pines Special School in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, none to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Birmingham and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | The Pines Special School | Birmingham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 15 | 14,526 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 100% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 100% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 33% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 13% | 13% |
| — further education college | 0% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 100% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Pines Special School | Birmingham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 4.4 | 46.6 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 48% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.29 | 4.15 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 60% | 48% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 5.0 | 40.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 3.5 | 52.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 20% | 39% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Art | 11 | 55% | 9% | 0% | 28% | 0% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 8 | 40% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 0% |
| English Language | 6 | 30% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| Mathematics | 6 | 30% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 0% |
| Combined Science | 5 | 25% | 65% | — | 9% | — |
Other secondary schools in Birmingham
Arena Academy
Academy sponsor led · 969 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.5
Ark Boulton Academy
Academy sponsor led · 877 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.2
Ark Kings Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 739 pupils
72% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.5
Ark St Alban's Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 797 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.9
Ark Victoria Academy
Free schools · 1,519 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.4
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.