Plantsbrook School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.65 miles
Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Plantsbrook School is a secondary school in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 26 February 2025. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
Plantsbrook 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 | 1.65 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 entry in 2026, the last child offered a place under one of its admission criteria lived 1.65 miles from the school, further than in 2025.
- Year 7 last distances have swung sharply between some years, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 6 years with a published distance.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, there were 273 first-choice applications for 270 offers; 226 offers went to first-choice families and 47 first-choice families (17%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 60% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 5th 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
- Upper Holland Road, Sutton Coldfield, B72 1RB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 1,574 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 26 February 2025
Strengths
- “There is a strong sense of belonging and togetherness at Plantsbrook School.”
- “The school is ambitious for pupils, including disadvantaged pupils and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “Staff are relentless in their drive to ensure pupils are ready for the next stage of their education.”
To improve
- “However, this is not always consistent.”
- “At times, staff do not identify and address pupils’ misconceptions effectively enough.”
- “As a result, some pupils have gaps in their knowledge, including disadvantaged pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 March 2025 (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) | 60% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 51.8 | 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: 273 first-preference applications, 270 offers in total, 226 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.
- Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Bishop Vesey's Grammar School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Bishop Walsh Catholic School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Fairfax 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- The Royal Sutton School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Edmund Campion Catholic School 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Arthur Terry School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- E-ACT North Birmingham Academy 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published