The Coleshill School, Birmingham

In its own words: "At The Coleshill School, we are ambitious for every student. We believe that every young person deserves an exceptional education that opens doors, raises aspirations and enables them to achieve more than they thought possible."

In 2026, pupils at The Coleshill School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 42, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50 in Warwickshire and 47 across England.

39% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 52% in Warwickshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 39.9 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.62: pupils made well 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 30.3, against 46.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 15.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were History, Combined Science and Business Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 132 families put The Coleshill School as their first choice and 283 named it as one of their preferences, for 156 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 The Coleshill School are WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull) (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 34.5); Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst (1.8 miles, Inadequate, Attainment 8 33.4); Smith's Wood Academy (1.9 miles, Inadequate, Attainment 8 33); and John Henry Newman Catholic College (2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.1).

The Coleshill School's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

The Coleshill School is one of 24 schools run by The Arthur Terry Learning Partnership, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 44.2 in 2024/25.

249 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about The Coleshill School (as of September 2025): 60% would recommend the school, 69% say their child is happy there and 53% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (71%); the weakest, that the school supports their child's wider development (52%).

Of the 196 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 81% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 42% to a further education college, 5% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 85 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 39% went on to university or other higher education, 19% to apprenticeships and 22% into work. 7% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

1.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (80%) and Mixed (8%).

In 2026, 158 pupils (13.4%) received SEN support and 25 (2.1%) 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 autism.

The nearest railway station is Coleshill Parkway Rail Station, about 2.2 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Coleshill School (adjacent), 40 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 58 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and anti-social behaviour. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Warwickshire (88).

In 2024/25, The Coleshill School issued 128 suspensions, 10.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to The Coleshill School are St Edward's Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles), Coleshill Church of England Primary School (0.7 miles), Windy Arbor Primary School (0.9 miles) and Bishop Wilson Church of England Primary School (1 mile). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.