South and City College Birmingham

About South and City College Birmingham

South and City College Birmingham’s headline Progress 8 score of -2.62 sits dramatically below the Birmingham local authority average of 0.09 for state secondary schools, placing it at the very bottom of the 95 schools of its type in the area. To put that in perspective, the college ranks 83rd out of 83 in Birmingham and 3,133rd out of 3,141 nationally, meaning it falls in the bottom 1% of schools across England. This is a specialist 14-99 institution, so its cohort is unusual, but the gap is stark: the LA average suggests pupils typically make slightly more progress than expected, whereas here, students leave with significantly lower attainment than their starting points would predict. The school’s Attainment 8 score of 11.5 is also very low, and just 15.7% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in English and maths, compared with the basics measure that typically sits much higher locally. For parents considering this as a post-14 option, the data signals a setting where academic outcomes are a serious concern.

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