Hodge Hill Girls' School
Bromford Road, Hodge Hill, Birmingham, B36 8EY
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Girls
- Headteacher
- Mr Colin Crehan
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 750
- Pupils on roll
- 749
- URN
- 103483
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01214643094
About this school
Hodge Hill Girls' School is a girls' community secondary school in Birmingham. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 749 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Hodge Hill Girls' School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 146 | 147 | 148 |
| Attainment 8 score | 50.3 | 48.9 | 48.7 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.66 +0.43 to +0.90 | +0.32 +0.09 to +0.55 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 49% | 57.1% | 45.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73% | 71.4% | 68.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 68% | 76.2% | 69.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Hodge Hill Girls' School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Birmingham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 50.3 | 40.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 48.9 | 40.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 48.7 | 40.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 745 |
| 2023/24 | 748 |
| 2024/25 | 749 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hodge Hill Girls' School compares
Hodge Hill Girls' School ranked 27th of 85 secondary schools in Birmingham for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 71% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 48.7 | 8% | 53.5% | 749 | — |
| Hodge Hill College | 45.1 | 8.4% | 55.2% | 1,193 | 0.1 miles |
| Erdington Academy | 40.6 | 8.3% | 59.9% | 904 | 1.2 miles |
| Rockwood Academy | 39.1 | 12.2% | 62.3% | 1,073 | 1.4 miles |
| Saltley Academy | 39.4 | 10.7% | 58.9% | 1,356 | 1.4 miles |
| Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East | 60.8 | 5.7% | 54.6% | 609 | 1.4 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 53.54%
- English as an additional language
- 36.6%
- Overall absence
- 8.04%
- Persistent absence
- 26.13%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hodge Hill College0.1 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
Erdington Academy1.2 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
Rockwood Academy1.4 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
Saltley Academy1.4 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East1.4 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
Other schools in Birmingham
Hodge Hill Girls' School ranks 21st of the 87 ranked secondary schools in Birmingham.
- Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School Secondary
- Arena Academy Secondary
- Ark Boulton Academy Secondary
- Ark St Alban's Academy Secondary
- Aston Manor Academy Secondary
- Aston University Engineering Academy Secondary
- Bartley Green School Secondary
- Birmingham Ormiston Academy Secondary
- Bishop Challoner Catholic College Secondary
- BOA Digital Technologies Academy Secondary
- Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form Secondary
- Broadway Academy Secondary
Recorded changes at this school
Previous headteacher: Mrs Sonia Adu (until September 2026).
- Headteacher changed from Mrs Sonia Adu to Mr Colin Crehan recorded 2 Sep 2026
Common questions
- What ages does Hodge Hill Girls' School teach?
- Hodge Hill Girls' School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Birmingham.
- Who is the headteacher of Hodge Hill Girls' School?
- The headteacher of Hodge Hill Girls' School is Mr Colin Crehan, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Hodge Hill Girls' School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Hodge Hill Girls' School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Hodge Hill Girls' School?
- Hodge Hill Girls' School has 749 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Hodge Hill Girls' School full?
- Hodge Hill Girls' School has capacity for 750 pupils and 749 on roll (100%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Hodge Hill Girls' School a faith school?
- No. Hodge Hill Girls' School has no designated religious character.
- Is Hodge Hill Girls' School a selective school?
- No. Hodge Hill Girls' School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have Hodge Hill Girls' School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 50.3 in 2022/23 and 48.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Hodge Hill Girls' School compare with other schools in Birmingham?
- Hodge Hill Girls' School ranked 27th of 85 secondary schools in Birmingham for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 71% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Hodge Hill Girls' School's absence rate?
- Hodge Hill Girls' School's overall absence rate is 8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Hodge Hill Girls' School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hodge Hill Girls' School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 2 September 2026.