Hodge Hill Girls' School, Birmingham

Ofsted's report card from its 16 June 2026 inspection grades Hodge Hill Girls' School on 6 areas: 2 strong standard and 4 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils in key stage 3 develop the knowledge and skills they need in reading, handwriting, spelling and mathematics to succeed in key stage 4."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have developed a highly effective programme for pupils' personal development."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have high expectations for pupils' attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The school has developed a broad and ambitious curriculum that meets pupils' needs and aspirations."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have created an inclusive school where staff know pupils well."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "The school is well-led and managed."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders need to ensure that all pupils develop their self-discipline so they consistently show high levels of respect and rarely need to be reminded about how to behave"; "Leaders need to ensure consistency in how well teaching is adapted to meet the needs of all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities"; "Leaders need to ensure that the systems in place to improve punctuality lead to sustained and notable improvements in pupils' punctuality".

From the headteacher's welcome: "Hodge Hill Girls' School is rooted in the aspirational values of its community. Our educational intent at Hodge Hill Girls' School, is inspired by our school's motto: 'Educating tomorrow's women today'. As Headteacher, I fully appreciate my privilege of being in this position to inspire the successful women of the future."

On phones, the school says: "Instead, when school re-opens in September, all pupils will be issued with a magnetic Phone Locker pouch, in which they will securely store their phone throughout the school day."

In 2026, pupils at Hodge Hill Girls' School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 50, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.5 in Birmingham and 47 across England.

48% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Birmingham and 47% in England.

That is up from 48.7 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.32: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 48.9, against 51.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 2.4 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 21 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 115 families put Hodge Hill Girls' School as their first choice and 679 named it as one of their preferences, for 149 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 8 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Hodge Hill Girls' School are Hodge Hill College (0.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.1); Washwood Heath Academy (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.4); Erdington Academy (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.4); and Rockwood Academy (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.1).

Hodge Hill Girls' School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

10 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Hodge Hill Girls' School (as of September 2026): 50% would recommend the school, 60% say their child is happy there and 50% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (80%); the weakest, that pupils behave well (50%).

Of the 147 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 87% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 39% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

56.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 35.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (75%), Mixed (8%) and other ethnic groups (8%).

In 2026, 110 pupils (14.7%) received SEN support and 3 (0.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a moderate learning difficulty.

The nearest railway station is Stechford Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hodge Hill School (on), 260 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Hodge Hill Girls' School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Hodge Hill Girls' School issued 54 suspensions, 7.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Hodge Hill Girls' School are Hodge Hill Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Tame Valley Academy (0.3 miles), Ward End Primary School (0.6 miles) and Firs Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.