Hodge Hill College
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.61 miles
Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hodge Hill College is a secondary school in Birmingham for ages 11–16 (community school). Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
Hodge Hill College catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.61 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.61 miles away, the 12th longest of 40 Birmingham secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The Year 7 last distance in 2026 was the longest of the 6 years and further than in 2025, and it swung sharply between some years.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 186 first-choice applications for 239 offers; 177 offers went to first-choice families, and 9 first-choice families (5%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 40% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Birmingham.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Birmingham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Bromford Road, Hodge Hill, Birmingham, B36 8HB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 1,193 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 48.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 2 December 2025
Strengths
- “This is a school where all pupils are welcome.”
- “The school lives out its CARE values of courtesy, achievement, respect and excellence.”
- “Pupils understand these values and can explain what they mean.”
To improve
- “Some pupils need more precise support to enable them to achieve even better.”
- “How teachers adapt learning is more variable.”
- “Sometimes, these adaptations are not quite as precise as they need to be.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 January 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 40% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.1 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 186 first-preference applications, 239 offers in total, 177 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Birmingham.
- Hodge Hill Girls' School 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Erdington Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Rockwood Academy 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Saltley Academy 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Waverley Studio College 1.8 mi School remains Good
- Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Edmund Campion Catholic School 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published