Secondary
Colmers School and Sixth Form College
Bristol Road South, Rednal, Birmingham, B45 9NY
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1139 of 1400 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.8
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Sixth form
- Yes
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 83.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 126.6
- Pupils per adult
- 9.8
- Pupils
- 1,241
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2026
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Sixth formExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
April 2023
Previous framework
Requires improvement
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Sixth formGood
January 2018
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
31%
15 points below the Birmingham average (46% across 87 schools)
41.7
5.6 below the Birmingham average (47.3 across 87 schools)
76th of 88 by our score, among the secondary schools in Birmingham we can score - 112 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 41.7 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.47 |
| Entered the EBacc | 11% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 31% |
| A level average points per entry | 30 |
| A level students | 20 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 35% |
| 22/23 | 27% |
| 23/24 | 28% |
| 24/25 | 31% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 25.1 |
| 22/23 | 25.8 |
| 23/24 | 25.2 |
| 24/25 | 30.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.47 |
| 22/23 | -0.38 |
| 23/24 | -0.32 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 40.9 |
| 22/23 | 37.3 |
| 23/24 | 40.6 |
| 24/25 | 41.7 |
Bristol Road South, Rednal, Birmingham, B45 9NY
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Birmingham admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Peter White
- Address
- Bristol Road South, Rednal, Birmingham, B45 9NY
- Telephone
- 01214531778