Academy converter · Secondary
Birmingham · B30 1UL · Birmingham
Ages 11–19
Status: Open
0.6 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 140863
The University of Birmingham School
Free schools · Birmingham · B29 6QU
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–19
Pupils
1,188
Local authority
Birmingham
Age range
Ages 11–19
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed free schools (secondary), Ages 11–19, in Birmingham, Birmingham, 1,188 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 42.5%.
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Overview
- School type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 140863
Location
- Address
- Weoley Park Road, Selly Oak
- Postcode
- B29 6QU
- Town
- Birmingham
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- District
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Northfield
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 1,188
- Boys / girls
- 671 / 517
- School capacity
- 1,150
- Capacity fill
- 1,188 / 1,150 (103%)
- Free school meals
- 42.5%
- FSM pupils
- 329
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL
- Academy trust
- THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Colin Townsend
- Telephone
- 01217965000
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-07-02
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 47.1
- Progress 8
- -0.1
- English & maths grade 5+
- 48%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 65%
- EBacc entry
- 73%
- EBacc APS
- 4.4