Cockshut Hill School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
5.59 miles
Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Cockshut Hill School is a secondary school in Birmingham for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 June 2023. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
Cockshut Hill 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 | 5.59 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
- 61.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 50.8% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Birmingham.
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last place offered went to a child living 5.59 miles away, the 2nd longest of 40 Birmingham secondary schools with a published last distance.
- Year 7 2026 drew 154 first-choice applications for 238 offers; 153 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (1%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 28% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 3rd 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
- Cockshut Hill, Yardley, Birmingham, B26 2HX
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 977 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 61.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 June 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders have worked extensively to ensure that the school’s aim of ‘nothing but the best’ applies to every aspect of provision for the pupils at Cockshut Hill School.”
- “They have made significant progress and have transformed the pupils’ experiences.”
- “As one pupil said to inspectors, ‘This school is amazing.’”
To improve
- “Given the changing pupil population, leaders are aware of the ongoing work in reading that is necessary to ensure all pupils can fully engage with all aspects of the curriculum.”
- “Leaders know they still have some barriers and challenges to overcome to ensure attendance is as high as it should be for all pupils.”
- “Leaders are aware of the few areas of the school provision in which they have yet to fully meet their high ambitions.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 September 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) | 28% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 38.3 | 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: 154 first-preference applications, 238 offers in total, 153 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.
- King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Tile Cross Academy 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham 1.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Waverley Studio College 1.9 mi School remains Good
- Saltley Academy 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East 2.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Hodge Hill College 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published