Imedia School

Independent school · Mixed · ages 14–16 · no sixth formBirmingham B23school website

An independent school in Birmingham for ages 14–16: destination measures are not published for independent schools, so this page relies on the school’s own results and subjects.

Ofsted
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Places
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Pupils
10

Ofsted: Not covered by Ofsted school inspections. Places: the last distance at which places were offered is not on file (it comes from Birmingham’s allocation statistics). Pupils: of 40 places.

After Year 11 · age 16

Where do pupils go at 16?

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

GCSE · Year 11 · 2025

How do GCSE results compare?

0.4Attainment 8 score, out of 90
This school0.4
Birmingham46.6
England46.1

Attainment 8 — average GCSE points across eight subjects, English and maths counted twice; grade 5 in everything scores 50. Not comparable for independent schools, which often enter pupils for IGCSEs that the Department for Education does not count.

DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · 10 pupils in Year 11

0% got grade 5 or above in both English and maths (Birmingham 45%, England 45%).

Grade 5 — a “strong pass”; grade 4 is a “standard pass”. Progress 8 is not published for 2025: this cohort had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020–21, so there is no baseline.

All GCSE measures10
MeasureImedia SchoolBirminghamEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)0.446.646.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%45%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%64%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%48%41%
EBacc average point score0.024.154.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort—48%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils—40.234.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils—52.550.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)———
English as an additional language—39%19%
Subjects · 2025

What do pupils study?

2.64%of the GCSE curriculum mapped by the subjects taken here

Mapped — the share of the 1,611 learning outcomes the Department for Education sets for these stages that the subjects taken here cover, weighted by how many pupils take each.

DfE subject entries 2025 · curriculum catalogue by sch.today

Health & Safety4%
Language & Communication3%
Green & Sustainability3%
Transversal Skills3%
Mathematics & Statistics3%

Fields of knowledge — twelve fields the curriculum catalogue sorts every learning outcome into; the bars show the GCSE and A level ring.

GCSE subjects3

Entries 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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Biology110%23%—45%—
English Language110%89%—20%—
Mathematics110%88%—22%—
Fields of knowledge, all stages8
Health & Safety3%
Language & Communication2%
Green & Sustainability2%
Mathematics & Statistics2%
Transversal Skills2%
Natural Sciences1%
Engineering & Manufacturing1%
Social & Cultural Skills0%

Ideas pupils meet most, weighted by the share of the cohort taking the subjects that teach them:

fraction 1.0ratio 0.7root 0.6percentage 0.6gradient 0.6audience 0.5equation 0.5estimation 0.4adaptation 0.4histogram 0.4photosynthesis rate 0.4power 0.4surd 0.4translation 0.4tangent 0.4direct proportion 0.4inverse proportion 0.4volume 0.4presentation 0.3standard form 0.3surface area to volume ratio 0.3light intensity 0.3temperature 0.3percentage change 0.3

Coverage counts a subject’s outcomes in proportion to the share of the cohort entered for it; Combined Science counts as two thirds of the three separate sciences. Levels follow ISCED 2011 as UNESCO maps it for the UK: Key Stage 3 is ISCED 2; GCSE and A level are both ISCED 3. Methodology: about the data.

Careers

Which jobs use what’s taught here?

12apprenticeship standards closely match the subjects pupils take

A match of what’s taught, not of entry requirements: the standards whose knowledge and skills share the most ideas with the GCSEs and A levels taken here, weighted by how many pupils take each subject.

Level 3 / Level 6 — England’s qualification levels: 3 is A level standard, 4–5 are higher apprenticeships, 6 is a bachelor’s degree.

Skills England apprenticeship standards (Open Government Licence v3.0) · ESCO occupations, © European Union, matched by sch.today · how the match works

ScientistLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses probability, sampling, eukaryotic cell from Biology, Mathematics · jobs: physicist, analytical chemist, geneticist
Water industry asset maintenance technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses ratio, precision, scale from Biology, Mathematics · jobs: consumer electronics repair technician, industrial electrician, electrician
Improvement specialistLevel 5 (higher) apprenticeship · business and administration · uses prediction, correlation, hypothesis testing from Biology, Mathematics · jobs: business consultant, environmental engineer, civil engineer
More apprenticeships9
Keeper and aquaristLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · agriculture, environmental and animal care · uses sex determination, horticulture, evolution from Biology · jobs: animal care attendant, zookeeper, zoo section leader
FloristLevel 2 (intermediate) apprenticeship · agriculture, environmental and animal care · uses osmosis, transpiration, competition from Biology
Wellbeing and holistic therapistLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · hair and beauty · uses circulatory system, nervous system, cancer from Biology · jobs: complementary therapist, massage therapist
Non-destructive technologies technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses ratio, si unit, measurement from Biology, Mathematics
Artificial intelligence (AI) data specialistLevel 7 degree apprenticeship · digital · uses presentation, experimental design, hypothesis testing from Biology, English Language · jobs: ICT intelligent systems designer
Data technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · digital · uses multiple sources, presentation, integer from English Language, Mathematics · jobs: data analyst, database administrator, data scientist
Clinical pharmacology scientist (integrated degree)Level 7 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses estimation, drug discovery, scientific method from Biology, Mathematics · jobs: specialist pharmacist, pharmacologist
Technician scientistLevel 5 (higher) apprenticeship · health and science · uses trend, scientific theory, precision from Biology · jobs: scientific laboratory technician, bacteriology technician, analytical chemist
Biomedical scientistLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses reproducibility, experimental design, precision from Biology · jobs: biomedical scientist, specialist biomedical scientist, biomedical scientist advanced
Admissions

How do you get a place?

Independent schools admit directly and set their own dates and entrance tests; council allocation statistics do not cover them.

  1. Year 6Register with the school; entrance assessments are usually in the autumn or January, offers in February
Birmingham

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Stayed in education at 16 · Attainment 8 · pupils

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.