Secondary school

The Phoenix Collegiate

  • Foundation School
  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Sandwell
  • B71 2BX
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Feb 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,605 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 80%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 74%74%2016/17: top 80%2017/18: top 86%2018/19: top 73%2021/22: top 74%2022/23: top 69%2023/24: top 59%59% · 2023/242024/25: top 80%No exams

A-level results

#174 of 241 West Midlands sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against West MidlandsArrows: West Midlands rank change since 2021/22

Attainment 839.8 · West Midlands 44.13/10 Below
Grade 5+ English and maths24.8% · West Midlands 39.3%2/10 Well below West Midlands−13.9 pts
EBacc point score3.47 · West Midlands 3.813/10 Below
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.17 · West Midlands −0.107/10 Above
A level points per entry29.13 · West Midlands 31.733/10 Below−13.5 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 46.3 · 238 pupils · West Midlands 49.92016/17: 40.6 · 229 pupils · West Midlands 45.32017/18: 38.7 · 190 pupils · West Midlands 44.62018/19: 41.9 · 242 pupils · West Midlands 45.12021/22: 43.6 · 318 pupils · West Midlands 47.12022/23: 42.2 · 333 pupils · West Midlands 44.52023/24: 44 · 341 pupils · West Midlands 442024/25: 39.8 · 331 pupils · West Midlands 44.1546.338.7No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 26% · 229 pupils · West Midlands 37%2017/18: 22% · 190 pupils · West Midlands 37%2018/19: 28% · 242 pupils · West Midlands 38%2021/22: 37% · 318 pupils · West Midlands 46%2022/23: 35% · 333 pupils · West Midlands 40%2023/24: 37.2% · 341 pupils · West Midlands 41%2024/25: 24.8% · 331 pupils · West Midlands 39.3%37.2%22%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 29.12 · 88 pupils · West Midlands 27.92016/17: 31.13 · 71 pupils · West Midlands 28.62017/18: 28.38 · 61 pupils · West Midlands 29.062018/19: 26.99 · 87 pupils · West Midlands 30.052021/22: 34.3 · 84 pupils · West Midlands 35.232022/23: 32.41 · 71 pupils · West Midlands 30.952023/24: 30.07 · 94 pupils · West Midlands 31.612024/25: 29.13 · 93 pupils · West Midlands 31.7334.326.99No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
147 of 147 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st147147
2nd9912
3rd635

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2008–2023

  1. 2008Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2009Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2012Inadequate
  4. 2013Requires improvement
  5. 2015Good
  6. 2018Remains Good
  7. 2019Requires improvement
  8. 2023Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Sixth form provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,770
Free school meals (past 6 years)45.0%
First language not English28.3%
SEN support12.3%
EHC plan1.8%
Absence (sessions missed)9.3%
Persistently absent pupils25.8%

Girls 49.4%Boys 50.6%

88.1% full · 2,008 places · 248 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher14.3
Pupils per adult9.5
  • Classroom teachers 101.2
  • Leadership 22.8
  • Teaching assistants 40.9
  • Other support 50.2

Teachers 124 FTE · Whole workforce 215.1 · 256 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£7,691
Spend per pupil£9,402
Staff spend per pupil£7,716
Reserve per pupil£1,666
  • +£2,955,168revenue reserve
  • −£3,033,927in-year balance

Grants £9,152 · self-generated £226 · premises £460 per pupil

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

341 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained90.6%
  • Education88%
  • Apprenticeship1.5%
  • Employment1.2%
  • Not sustained6.2%
  • Unknown3.2%

After sixth form (16–18)

130 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained85.4%
  • Education72.3%
  • Higher education69.2%
  • Apprenticeship3.8%
  • Employment9.2%
  • Not sustained10.8%
  • Unknown3.8%