Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,152 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.7
Academy sponsor led
Bournville School
- Pupils on roll
- 660of 1,163 places
- Free school meals
- 66.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 110
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement, 12 March 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Bournville School and Sixth Form Centre (URN 103515, until 10 September 2014).
What the data says
Of the 114 pupils who finished Year 11 at Bournville School in 2023, 2% moved to a sixth form college, 67% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
12% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 36.5 against 46.1 across England and 46.6 in Birmingham, with 30% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 46% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils across England.
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 | Bournville School | Birmingham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 114 | 14,526 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 78% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 75% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 6% | 33% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 2% | 13% | 13% |
| — further education college | 67% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 12% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 10% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Bournville School | Birmingham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 36.5 | 46.6 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 30% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 48% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 12% | 48% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.99 | 4.15 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 50% | 48% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 31.2 | 40.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 41.9 | 52.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 20% | 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 | 111 | 100% | 88% | 5% | 22% | 51% |
| English Language | 108 | 98% | 89% | 11% | 20% | 57% |
| English Literature | 104 | 95% | 86% | 13% | 21% | 68% |
| Combined Science | 85 | 77% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 26% |
| History | 64 | 58% | 41% | 9% | 26% | 52% |
| Fine Art | 51 | 46% | 9% | 8% | 28% | 71% |
| Business Studies | 40 | 36% | 18% | 5% | 20% | 40% |
| Geography | 29 | 26% | 41% | 3% | 25% | 34% |
| Religious Studies | 26 | 24% | 31% | 15% | 32% | 65% |
| Computer Science | 25 | 23% | 13% | 8% | 30% | 36% |
| Biology | 22 | 20% | 23% | 27% | 45% | 95% |
| Physics | 22 | 20% | 23% | 27% | 46% | 86% |
| Chemistry | 21 | 19% | 23% | 24% | 47% | 95% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 16 | 15% | 8% | 6% | 21% | 63% |
| Spanish | 15 | 14% | 19% | 33% | 27% | 73% |
| Citizenship Studies | 2 | 2% | 3% | — | 19% | — |
| Statistics | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Urdu | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Art and Design | 1 | 1% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
| French | 1 | 1% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| 3D Design | 1 | 1% | 2% | — | 16% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 22 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 20 | — | — |
Where Bournville 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.