Plantsbrook School is a secondary school located in Sutton Coldfield. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 05/06/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5%, which is 1 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Upper Holland Road, Sutton Coldfield, B72 1RB
Website: http://web.plantsbrookschool.co.uk/
Telephone: 01213627310
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Birmingham
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Jason Farr
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 137053

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 05/06/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1218
Number of Pupils: 1494
Number of Boys: 734
Number of Girls: 760

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5% 4%
Persistent absence: 11.8% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Above Average: 0.22 Confidence interval 0.04 to 0.4
Of the 205 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 201 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:84%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:96%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:53%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:52.8
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.97
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Town Junior School
Ebrook Road , B72 1NX 		2out of 4 103 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Holland House Infant School and Nursery
Holland Road , B72 1RE 		4out of 4 233 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Maney Hill Primary School
Maney Hill Road , B72 1JU 		4out of 4 994 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Hollyfield Primary School
Hollyfield Road , B75 7SG 		3out of 4 1,340 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Whitehouse Common Primary School
Cotysmore Road , B75 6BL 		3out of 4 1,558 yd Foundation school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Plantsbrook School
Upper Holland Road , B72 1RB 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls
Jockey Road , B73 5PT 		4out of 4 990 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Girls More About School
Bishop Vesey's Grammar School
Lichfield Road , B74 2NH 		4out of 4 1,278 yd Academy converter No Boys More About School
Bishop Walsh Catholic School
Wylde Green Road , B76 1QT 		3out of 4 1,485 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Fairfax
Fairfax Road , B75 7JT 		3out of 4 1,576 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Langley School
Trinity Road , B75 6TJ 		3out of 4 2,741 yd Foundation special school Yes Mixed More About School
The Shrubbery School Ltd
Walmley Ash Road , B76 1HY 		- not rated 2,876 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Trinity Specialist College
The Lindridge, Lindridge Road , B75 7JB 		- not rated 2,999 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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