Hodge Hill College
Bromford Road, Hodge Hill, Birmingham, B36 8HB
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Hannah Herrmann
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,200
- Pupils on roll
- 1,193
- URN
- 103503
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01217837807
About this school
Hodge Hill College is a community secondary school in Birmingham. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1,193 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected 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 | 241 | 240 | 236 |
| Attainment 8 score | 48.5 | 43.5 | 45.1 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.65 +0.46 to +0.83 | +0.19 +0.01 to +0.37 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 43% | 42.9% | 39.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62% | 58.3% | 62.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 43% | 42.9% | 39.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
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 College 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 | 48.5 | 40.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 43.5 | 40.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 45.1 | 40.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,221 |
| 2023/24 | 1,217 |
| 2024/25 | 1,205 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hodge Hill College compares
Hodge Hill College ranked 42nd of 85 secondary schools in Birmingham for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 58% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45.1 | 8.4% | 55.2% | 1,193 | — |
| Hodge Hill Girls' School | 48.7 | 8% | 53.5% | 749 | 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 | 1.3 miles |
| Saltley Academy | 39.4 | 10.7% | 58.9% | 1,356 | 1.3 miles |
| Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East | 60.8 | 5.7% | 54.6% | 609 | 1.3 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)
- 55.19%
- English as an additional language
- 28.8%
- Overall absence
- 8.35%
- Persistent absence
- 25.32%
Location
Nearby schools
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Hodge Hill Girls' School0.1 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
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Erdington Academy1.2 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
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Rockwood Academy1.3 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
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Saltley Academy1.3 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
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Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East1.3 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
Other schools in Birmingham
Hodge Hill College ranks 37th 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
Common questions
- What year groups does Hodge Hill College teach?
- Hodge Hill College teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Birmingham.
- Who is the headteacher of Hodge Hill College?
- The headteacher of Hodge Hill College is Mrs Hannah Herrmann, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Hodge Hill College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Hodge Hill College, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Hodge Hill College?
- Hodge Hill College has 1,193 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Hodge Hill College full?
- Hodge Hill College has capacity for 1,200 pupils and 1,193 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. 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 College a faith school?
- No. Hodge Hill College has no designated religious character.
- Is Hodge Hill College a selective school?
- No. Hodge Hill College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have Hodge Hill College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 48.5 in 2022/23 and 45.1 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 College rank locally?
- Hodge Hill College ranked 42nd of 85 secondary schools in Birmingham for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 58% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% 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 College's absence rate?
- Hodge Hill College's overall absence rate is 8.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Hodge Hill College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hodge Hill College'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 29 June 2026.