Holte School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.54 miles
Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Holte School is a secondary school in Birmingham for ages 11–18 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 10 October 2023. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
Holte School 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 | 0.54 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
- Year 7 2026's last distance offered was 0.54 miles, the 4th shortest of 40 Birmingham secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance; the middle figure was 1.14 miles.
- The Year 7 2026 distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and in 2021, with sharp swings between years, the biggest from 2021 to 2022.
- Year 7 2026 drew 165 first-choice applications for 192 offers; 147 went to first-choice families, and 18 first-choice families (11%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 24% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the lowest 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
- Wheeler Street, Lozells, Birmingham, B19 2EP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 1,127 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 66.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 10 October 2023
Strengths
- “Holte School welcomes everyone.”
- “It is a calm and safe environment in which pupils learn well.”
- “Pupils treat each other and adults with evident respect.”
To improve
- “However, in the main school, there are inconsistencies in how effectively the curriculum is delivered, both within and between subjects.”
- “In some subjects, teachers do not make best use of assessment in order to determine what pupils need to learn next.”
- “Although pupils achieve well, there are inconsistencies in pupils’ academic success by the end of key stage 4.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 November 2023 (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) | 24% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 39.4 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C- | B- |
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: 165 first-preference applications, 192 offers in total, 147 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.
- Nishkam High School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Aston Manor Academy 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- King Edward VI Aston School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Broadway Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- King Edward VI Handsworth School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Aston University Engineering Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Jewellery Quarter Academy 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Eden Boys' School, Birmingham 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published