Q3 Academy Great Barr, Birmingham

In 2026, pupils at Q3 Academy Great Barr averaged an Attainment 8 score of 44.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 43.2 in Sandwell and 47 across England.

46% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 37% in Sandwell and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 44.2.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.29: 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 35.1, against 47.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 26 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Social Studies and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 185 families put Q3 Academy Great Barr as their first choice and 496 named it as one of their preferences, for 199 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 22 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Q3 Academy Great Barr are Barr Beacon School (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.4); Hamstead Hall Academy (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.6); Joseph Leckie Academy (1.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.9); and Arena Academy (1.8 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 42.7).

Q3 Academy Great Barr's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Q3 Academy Great Barr is one of 12 schools run by The Mercian Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49 in 2024/25.

Of the 211 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 91% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 71% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 47 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 77% went on to university or other higher education, 2% to apprenticeships and 17% into work. 7% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

In 2026, 116 pupils (10.1%) received SEN support and 28 (2.4%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

Q3 Academy Great Barr has a resourced provision for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, visual impairment, other difficulties or disabilities, hearing impairment, speech, language and communication needs, autism, social, emotional and mental health needs, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, moderate learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties and profound and multiple learning difficulties: 1100 places, 1083 pupils on roll.

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

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Q3 Academy (adjacent), 110 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 113 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, vehicle crime and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Sandwell (306).

In 2024/25, Q3 Academy Great Barr issued 195 suspensions, 16.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Q3 Academy Great Barr are Grove Vale Primary School (0.5 miles), St Margaret's CofE Primary School (0.5 miles), Holy Name Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles) and Yew Tree Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.