Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,152 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.7
Academy sponsor led
Cockshut Hill School
- Pupils on roll
- 977of 1,580 places
- Free school meals
- 61.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 167
- Ofsted
- Good, 28 June 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Cockshut Hill Technology College (URN 103513, until 7 September 2015).
What the data says
Cockshut Hill School has no sixth form. Of the 201 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 30% moved to a sixth form college, 44% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 38.3 against 46.1 across England and 46.6 in Birmingham, with 28% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 89% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 30% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
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 | Cockshut Hill School | Birmingham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 201 | 14,526 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 83% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 80% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 4% | 33% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 30% | 13% | 13% |
| — further education college | 44% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 7% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Cockshut Hill School | Birmingham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 38.3 | 46.6 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 28% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 50% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 55% | 48% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.44 | 4.15 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 58% | 48% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 35.2 | 40.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 42.5 | 52.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 46% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 166 | 99% | 88% | 13% | 22% | 55% |
| English Language | 166 | 99% | 89% | 7% | 20% | 53% |
| English Literature | 157 | 94% | 86% | 6% | 21% | 59% |
| Religious Studies | 149 | 89% | 31% | 18% | 32% | 54% |
| Combined Science | 121 | 72% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 34% |
| History | 85 | 51% | 41% | 9% | 26% | 38% |
| Geography | 73 | 44% | 41% | 7% | 25% | 33% |
| Biology | 38 | 23% | 23% | 29% | 45% | 89% |
| Physics | 37 | 22% | 23% | 35% | 46% | 86% |
| Chemistry | 37 | 22% | 23% | 24% | 47% | 92% |
| Urdu | 35 | 21% | 1% | 31% | 42% | 71% |
| French | 34 | 20% | 18% | 12% | 29% | 56% |
| Spanish | 27 | 16% | 19% | 11% | 27% | 33% |
| Design and Technology | 26 | 16% | 11% | 4% | 23% | 19% |
| Computer Science | 19 | 11% | 13% | 63% | 30% | 95% |
| Statistics | 17 | 10% | 5% | 35% | 20% | 88% |
| Photography | 14 | 8% | 6% | 0% | 19% | 21% |
| Fine Art | 12 | 7% | 9% | 0% | 28% | 33% |
| Arabic | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Physical Education | 1 | 1% | 11% | — | 24% | — |
| 3D Design | 1 | 1% | 2% | — | 16% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports / Movement Science | 25 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 23 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 23 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 13 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 7 | — | — |
| Personal Health | 1 | — | — |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 1 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 1 | — | — |
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.