Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,152 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.7
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Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls
- Pupils on roll
- 1,236of 831 places
- Free school meals
- 17.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 179
- Ofsted
- Good, 8 November 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls (URN 103521, until 1 June 2011).
What the data says
Of the 178 pupils who finished Year 11 at Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls in 2023, 89% stayed on in Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls’ own sixth form (Birmingham average 33%), 3% went to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Among the 169 students who left the sixth form in 2023, 78% went to university (Birmingham 46%, England 37%), and 66% of level 3 students progressed to one of the most selective universities, against 19% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 79.4 against 46.1 across England and 46.6 in Birmingham, with 99% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%) — as a selective grammar school, Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls admits pupils by test at 11, which drives these figures.
Chemistry is unusually popular at GCSE: 99% of the year group took it, against 23% of pupils 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 | This school | Birmingham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 178 | 14,526 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 99% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 99% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 89% | 33% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 4% | 13% | 13% |
| — further education college | 3% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 1% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 4% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
University (higher education)Further educationOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Birmingham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students in the cohort | 169 | 10,326 | 541,441 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 75% | 79% |
| University (higher education) | 78% | 46% | 37% |
| — most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students | 66% | 28% | 19% |
| Further education | 0% | 7% | 5% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 4% | 7% |
| Employment | 12% | 17% | 28% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 18% | 16% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Birmingham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 79.4 | 46.6 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 99% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 100% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 49% | 48% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 7.17 | 4.15 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 9% | 48% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 78.1 | 40.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 79.6 | 52.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 30% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 179 | 100% | 89% | 79% | 20% | 100% |
| Mathematics | 179 | 100% | 88% | 91% | 22% | 100% |
| English Literature | 179 | 100% | 86% | 74% | 21% | 99% |
| Physics | 178 | 99% | 23% | 79% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 178 | 99% | 23% | 81% | 47% | 99% |
| Biology | 178 | 99% | 23% | 84% | 45% | 100% |
| Spanish | 107 | 60% | 19% | 84% | 27% | 99% |
| Business Studies | 98 | 55% | 18% | 81% | 20% | 99% |
| Religious Studies | 68 | 38% | 31% | 97% | 32% | 100% |
| French | 63 | 35% | 18% | 95% | 29% | 98% |
| Computer Science | 58 | 32% | 13% | 76% | 30% | 100% |
| History | 57 | 32% | 41% | 82% | 26% | 100% |
| Geography | 48 | 27% | 41% | 92% | 25% | 100% |
| Drama | 42 | 23% | 7% | 81% | 27% | 98% |
| Fine Art | 34 | 19% | 9% | 91% | 28% | 100% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 30 | 17% | 8% | 87% | 21% | 100% |
| Textiles | 30 | 17% | 2% | 77% | 27% | 100% |
| Design and Technology | 28 | 16% | 11% | 96% | 23% | 100% |
| Music | 18 | 10% | 5% | 78% | 33% | 100% |
| Physical Education | 12 | 7% | 11% | 92% | 24% | 100% |
| Arabic | 4 | 2% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Chinese | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Japanese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Punjabi | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 48% | — |
A levels and other level 3 courses
| Measure | This school | Birmingham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students at the end of 16–18 study | 315 | — | — |
| — of whom A level students | 154 | 4,724 | 261,341 |
| Average A level grade | B+ | C+ | B- |
| Average points per A level entry | 44.27 | 34.88 | 35.00 |
| Average grade, best 3 A levels | B+ | B- | B- |
| AAB or better with two facilitating subjects | 41% | 22% | 18% |
| Average grade, applied general courses | — | — | — |
| Average grade, T levels | — | — | — |
A level subjects
Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 95 | 62% | 31% |
| Chemistry | 80 | 52% | 17% |
| Biology | 79 | 51% | 20% |
| Psychology | 39 | 25% | 23% |
| Physics | 22 | 14% | 12% |
| Economics | 21 | 14% | 13% |
| English Literature | 20 | 13% | 11% |
| Geography | 18 | 12% | 10% |
| Fine Art | 16 | 10% | 3% |
| Further Mathematics | 14 | 9% | 5% |
| Sociology | 13 | 8% | 13% |
| Computer Science | 10 | 6% | 5% |
| Religious Studies | 8 | 5% | 4% |
| French | 7 | 5% | 1% |
| History | 6 | 4% | 13% |
| Media Studies | 6 | 4% | 4% |
| Spanish | 6 | 4% | 2% |
| Music | — | — | 0% |
| Turkish | — | — | 0% |
| Chinese | — | — | 0% |
| Drama | — | — | 2% |
Applied, technical and other level 3 courses
| Subject | Qualification | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study Skills | Extended Project (Diploma) | 33 | 21% | — |
| Further Mathematics | GCE AS level (All) | 15 | 10% | — |
| Further Mathematics | GCE AS level (Not continued to A2) | — | — | — |
Where Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls is
Other secondary schools in Birmingham are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Birmingham’s allocation statistics.
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Ark Victoria Academy
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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.