Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,152 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.7
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Hall Green School
- Pupils on roll
- 903of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 47.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 176
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 21 January 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Hall Green School (URN 103556, until 1 February 2012).
What the data says
Hall Green School has no sixth form. Of the 177 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 40% moved to a sixth form college, 37% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 40% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Business Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 63% of the year group took it, against 18% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 42.5 against 46.1 across England and 46.6 in Birmingham, with 32% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Birmingham and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Hall Green School | Birmingham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 177 | 14,526 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 88% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 10% | 33% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 40% | 13% | 13% |
| — further education college | 37% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Hall Green School | Birmingham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 42.5 | 46.6 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 32% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 47% | 48% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.72 | 4.15 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 41% | 48% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 38.6 | 40.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 45.3 | 52.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 27% | 39% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 177 | 100% | 88% | 10% | 22% | 64% |
| English Language | 176 | 100% | 89% | 10% | 20% | 52% |
| English Literature | 174 | 99% | 86% | 7% | 21% | 70% |
| Religious Studies | 168 | 95% | 31% | 14% | 32% | 64% |
| Combined Science | 145 | 82% | 65% | 3% | 9% | 55% |
| Business Studies | 111 | 63% | 18% | 8% | 20% | 53% |
| History | 109 | 62% | 41% | 12% | 26% | 50% |
| Spanish | 50 | 28% | 19% | 8% | 27% | 24% |
| French | 48 | 27% | 18% | 4% | 29% | 13% |
| Geography | 47 | 27% | 41% | 9% | 25% | 40% |
| Computer Science | 37 | 21% | 13% | 16% | 30% | 51% |
| Chemistry | 32 | 18% | 23% | 63% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 31 | 18% | 23% | 32% | 45% | 100% |
| Physics | 29 | 16% | 23% | 28% | 46% | 90% |
| Art and Design | 21 | 12% | 7% | 19% | 24% | 86% |
| Design and Technology | 14 | 8% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 36% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 11 | 6% | 8% | 9% | 21% | 73% |
| Music | 7 | 4% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 86% |
| Textiles | 6 | 3% | 2% | 0% | 27% | 50% |
| Chinese | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Arabic | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Italian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Urdu | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 40 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 20 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 16 | — | — |
| Sports / Movement Science | 8 | — | — |
Where Hall Green School is
Other secondary schools in Birmingham are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Birmingham’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Birmingham
Arena Academy
Academy sponsor led · 969 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.5
Ark Boulton Academy
Academy sponsor led · 877 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.2
Ark Kings Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 739 pupils
72% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.5
Ark St Alban's Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 797 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.9
Ark Victoria Academy
Free schools · 1,519 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.4
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.