The Coleshill School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Warwickshire
Coventry Road, Birmingham, B46 3EX
59
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
98%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
90.5%
25.1% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,177
Capacity used
Has space89%
1,320 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
98%
1st preference success rate
161 of 164 families who put it first got an offer
193
Places offered
326
Total applications
1.7
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 164 | 161 | ● 98% |
| 2nd preference | 92 | 23 | ● 25% |
| 3rd preference | 41 | 5 | ● 12% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 29 | 3 | ● 10% |
| Total | 326 | 192 | 59% |
1st preference success by year
Warwickshire lets families list 6 preferences. 188 applications came from outside the council area (92 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Rebecca Brindley
- Address
- Coventry Road, Coleshill, Birmingham, B46 3EX
- Phone
- 01675462435
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Ward / constituency
- Coleshill South · North Warwickshire and Bedworth
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 136986
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 23% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 1% | — | — |
| SEN support | 11% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE ARTHUR TERRY LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
1,177 pupils · 1,320 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
12 February 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,086 pupils
Attendance
90.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
9.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
25.1%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
4.2%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.9%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 41.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.62 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 38% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 61% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.59 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 29.31 | — | — |
Average grade: C (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 39.9 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 36.4% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 53.8% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 23.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.33 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 195 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
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 | 24.14 | 35 |
| Average grade | D+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 5% | 17% |
| A-level students | 60 | — |
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 | 192 | 10% | 42% | 58% | |
| English Language | 192 | 11% | 41% | 58% | |
| English Literature | 192 | 11% | 46% | 63% | |
| Combined Science | 149 | 2% | 17% | 39% | |
| History | 126 | 15% | 40% | 52% | |
| Business | 100 | 21% | 48% | 66% | |
| Geography | 91 | 8% | 32% | 51% | |
| Art and Design | 56 | 11% | 39% | 79% | |
| Biology | 39 | 26% | 82% | 90% | |
| Physics | 39 | 28% | 90% | 92% | |
| Chemistry | 39 | 28% | 77% | 92% | |
| Spanish | 35 | 20% | 29% | 40% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 22 | 0% | 0% | 5% | |
| Mathematics | 16 | 0% | 13% | 19% | |
| Photography | 11 | 0% | 0% | 9% | |
| History | 10 | 0% | 10% | 40% | |
| Physics | 9 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Sociology | 8 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Geography | 7 | 0% | 14% | 29% | |
| English Language | 7 | 0% | 0% | 29% | |
| Fine Art | 6 | 0% | 17% | 33% | |
| Chemistry | 6 | 0% | 17% | 17% | |
| English Literature | 6 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Biology | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 13168: The Coleshill School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| 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.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 48% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 12% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 52% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Warwickshire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
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.