The University of Birmingham School

Weoley Park Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 6QU

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About this school

The University of Birmingham School is a Free schools serving secondary age pupils, located in Birmingham. The school has 1,177 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 17 May 2023). Last inspected 17 May 2023. The Headteacher is Colin Townsend. The school is administered by Birmingham local authority. It belongs to THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL. It opened in 1 September 2015.

School details

Head

Colin Townsend

Trust

THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL

Local authority

Birmingham

Gender

Mixed

URN

140863

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at The University of Birmingham School are handled by the school or the local authority (Birmingham). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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