Secondary
The University of Birmingham School
Weoley Park Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 6QU
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1188 of 1150 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.1
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 73.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 113.4
- Pupils per adult
- 10.4
- Pupils
- 1,175
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 May 2023
Good
Still graded as at
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
41%
5 points below the Birmingham average (46% across 87 schools)
45.5
1.8 below the Birmingham average (47.3 across 87 schools)
44th 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 | 45.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.3 |
| Entered the EBacc | 70% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 41% |
| A level average points per entry | 34.77 |
| A level students | 194 |
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 | 60% |
| 22/23 | 55% |
| 23/24 | 48% |
| 24/25 | 41% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 38.0 |
| 22/23 | 32.7 |
| 23/24 | 33.3 |
| 24/25 | 34.8 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.07 |
| 22/23 | +0.17 |
| 23/24 | -0.09 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 54.3 |
| 22/23 | 51.5 |
| 23/24 | 47.1 |
| 24/25 | 45.5 |
Weoley Park Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 6QU
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
- Colin Townsend
- Address
- Weoley Park Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 6QU
- Telephone
- 01217965000