Highclare School
Other independent school · Mixed · Birmingham
10 Sutton Road, West Midlands, B23 6QL
78
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
469
Capacity used
Has space56%
840 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 2–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Francine Smith
- Address
- 10 Sutton Road, Erdington, West Midlands, B23 6QL
- Phone
- 01213737400
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Ward / constituency
- Erdington · Birmingham Erdington
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 103576
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 13% | — | — |
469 pupils · 840 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 54.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 59% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 85% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.65 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 35.42 | — | — |
Average grade: B- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 47.5 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 46.5% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 72.1% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 30.2% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.03 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 43 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 29.36 | 35 |
| Average grade | C | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 6.7% | 17% |
| A-level students | 16 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 43 | 28% | 65% | 74% | |
| English Language | 43 | 5% | 49% | 77% | |
| English Literature | 39 | 8% | 51% | 82% | |
| Combined Science | 31 | 6% | 39% | 68% | |
| Business | 26 | 23% | 77% | 92% | |
| Geography | 20 | 10% | 40% | 75% | |
| Physical Education | 19 | 0% | 47% | 68% | |
| Art and Design | 14 | 0% | 36% | 57% | |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 13 | 15% | 54% | 77% | |
| Biology | 11 | 27% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physics | 11 | 45% | 100% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 11 | 27% | 100% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Studies | 9 | 0% | 33% | 56% | |
| Psychology | 7 | 0% | 14% | 57% | |
| Mathematics | 6 | 0% | 17% | 33% | |
| Biology | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Physics | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Chemistry | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Computer Science | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Law | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| French | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| History | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Spanish | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Geography | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 15655: Highclare School, Birmingham
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.