South and City College Birmingham, Birmingham
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 5 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
The college creates a genuinely inclusive environment where staff understand and support the diverse needs of learners from disadvantaged communities. Teachers use practical, well-planned learning sequences that help students remember and apply new skills - for example, in trades like bricklaying and carpentry. The college works closely with local employers to ensure learners develop real job skills in growing industries like green energy and construction.
Key Strengths
- Leaders work effectively with employers and stakeholders to design curricula that meet industry needs, with investment in modern equipment like hydrogen buses and retrofit houses
- Staff are committed to an inclusive culture and quickly identify learners' individual needs, providing tailored support such as alternative feedback sheets for learners with autism
- Teachers typically devise well-sequenced curriculums with purposeful learning progressions, such as in carpentry where learners practice techniques separately before moving to complex structures
- Adult learners, many from disadvantaged backgrounds, achieve their qualifications and develop valuable English, mathematical and digital skills
Areas for Improvement
- Too few learners make progress in GCSE English and mathematics, with very few achieving grades 4-9
- Attendance rates remain too low despite leaders' improvement strategies, with many learners arriving late or not attending routinely
- Leaders lack sufficient oversight of teaching in a few areas, resulting in inconsistencies and insufficient challenge in some lessons
- Information provided to governors about apprenticeships is not consistently accurate, limiting their ability to scrutinise and challenge effectively
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met. Leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility, concerns are actively identified and managed, and learners feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Sports clubs, cultural events celebrating diverse college community, tutorials on healthy relationships and knife crime awareness, masterclasses, workshops, employer-set projects, work placements
South and City College Birmingham is a further education college that serves diverse communities with high levels of deprivation. The college has improved qualification achievement rates and works effectively with employers to meet regional skills needs in areas such as green energy, construction, and manufacturing.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Performance by Group
| Group | Progress 8 | Attainment 8 | Eng+Maths 5+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not known to be disadvantaged(62) | - | 16.3 | 4.8% |
| Boys(76) | -2.40 | 11.6 | 7.9% |
| Boys(36) | - | 15.8 | 5.6% |
| Boys(59) | -2.35 | 12.5 | 5.1% |
| Girls(51) | -2.80 | 11.5 | 5.9% |
| Girls(26) | - | 17.0 | 3.8% |
| Girls(59) | -2.65 | 13.9 | 11.9% |
academic year - DfE performance tables data
GCSE Subjects Offered
2024/25 academic year - entries by number of pupils
After GCSEs - Leaver Destinations
After GCSEs (Year 11) - 118 students
202223 data
After GCSEs (Year 11) - 103 students
202122 data
After GCSEs (Year 11) - 100 students
202021 data
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Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Birmingham
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Admissions Demand - Birmingham
Places available
15,089
Applications
14,943
Got 1st preference
73.6%
Got preferred school
96.8%
Secondary admissions across Birmingham (2025/26)
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