The Arthur Terry School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.99 miles
Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Arthur Terry School is a secondary school in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 15 November 2022. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
The Arthur Terry 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 | 0.99 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
- In 2026 the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 0.99 miles away, the 14th shortest of 40 Birmingham secondary schools with a published last distance.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 298 first-choice applications for 279 offers: 237 offers went to first-choice families, and 61 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 2024/25 GCSE English and maths: 61% got grade 5 or above (England 45%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Birmingham.
- There are 14.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18 across 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
- Kittoe Road, Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield, B74 4RZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 1,758 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 15 November 2022
Strengths
- “Be proud, be kind, be ready – this motto underpins everything that happens in this very well-run school.”
- “Leaders have exceptionally high aspirations for all pupils and students and this shows in every aspect of their work.”
- “Leaders want pupils to achieve their best and they frequently do.”
To improve
- “On occasion, however, some teachers do not consistently use these strategies.”
- “Consequently, some pupils, particularly those who are disadvantaged, sometimes do less well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 January 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) | 61% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 55.4 | 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: 298 first-preference applications, 279 offers in total, 237 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.
- Bishop Vesey's Grammar School 1.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Plantsbrook School 2.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Fairfax 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Royal Sutton School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Bishop Walsh Catholic School 3.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Edmund Campion Catholic School 4.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published