Moseley School and Sixth Form, Birmingham

Ofsted's report card from its 9 December 2025 inspection grades Moseley School and Sixth Form on 7 areas: 1 expected standard, 4 needs attention and 2 urgent improvement. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Post 16 provision - Expected standard. "The school offers an effective sixth-form provision."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Pupils' academic achievement is below the expected standard."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Attendance has improved as a result of the effective oversight of this aspect of the school's work."

Inclusion - Needs attention. "Pupils enjoy learning alongside others from a wide range of different backgrounds."

Personal development and wellbeing - Needs attention. "The school has designed a comprehensive personal development programme."

Curriculum and teaching - Urgent improvement. "Leaders are aware that the quality of education has declined over time."

Leadership and governance - Urgent improvement. "Leaders have failed to take appropriate and timely action to identify and address weaknesses at the school."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "The school should ensure that those responsible for governance have the knowledge and skills to support them to provide robust help and challenge to leaders on all aspects of the school's provision"; "Leaders should ensure that staff have the knowledge and expertise to implement the intended curriculum well"; "Leaders should ensure that staff have the necessary skills to adapt teaching effectively, especially for pupils with high levels of prior attainment and those who may have barriers to their learning and/or wellbeing, so that pupils achieve well"; "Leaders should ensure that teachers receive appropriate information and training to understand pupils' barriers to learning and/or wellbeing, and ensure that pupils are supported to overcome these barriers in lessons"; "The school should make sure that all pupils understand the behaviour rules and expectations, and that they are fully supported to follow these consistently"; "The school should ensure that all pupils understand, tolerate and respect people from different backgrounds, faiths and genders, and feel confident that staff will address issues when they are raised"; "The school should ensure that areas of weaknesses in the school are swiftly identified and addressed. They should make sure that any improvement strategies are regularly evaluated to have the desired impact on pupils".

In 2026, pupils at Moseley School and Sixth Form averaged an Attainment 8 score of 41, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.5 in Birmingham and 47 across England.

33% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Birmingham and 47% in England.

That is up from 39.7 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.33: pupils made below 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 39, against 45.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 6.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 119 families put Moseley School and Sixth Form as their first choice and 979 named it as one of their preferences, for 169 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Moseley School and Sixth Form are Hall Green School (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.4); Swanshurst School (0.9 miles, Attainment 8 53.3); Yardleys School (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.6); and Ark Boulton Academy (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.4).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Moseley School and Sixth Form.

26 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Moseley School and Sixth Form (as of April 2026): 27% would recommend the school, 31% say their child is happy there and 15% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they are kept well informed about progress (39%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (15%).

Of the 245 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 85% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 46% to a further education college and 1% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 92 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 65% went on to university or other higher education, 2% to apprenticeships and 11% into work. 19% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

61.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 65% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (58%), other ethnic groups (14%) and Black (8%).

In 2026, 232 pupils (16.4%) received SEN support and 9 (0.6%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Hall Green Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Astor Drive (adjacent), 110 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Moseley School and Sixth Form stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Moseley School and Sixth Form issued 162 suspensions, 11.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 10 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Moseley School and Sixth Form are St Bernard's Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles), Springfield Primary Academy (0.3 miles), St John's CofE Primary School (0.6 miles) and English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.