Teacher of English
Closes 23 Nov
Full time, temporary
Essential Criteria Qualifications and Experience Good Honours degree in a relevant secondary subject UK Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalent Professional Experience and…
Holly Lodge High School College of Science
Holly Lodge High School College of Science is a state-maintained secondary school in Smethwick, United Kingdom with 1,636 pupils, part of The Smethwick Health and Wellbeing Education Trust. Ofsted: Report card, 19 May 2026: strong standard in 3 areas, expected standard in 4; safeguarding met. As of 14 November 2026 it is advertising 2 vacancies: Teacher of English (closes 23 November) and Teacher of Business (closes 16 November).
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 2 live vacancies.
- Head
- Imran Iqbal, Headteacher
- Trust or group
- The Smethwick Health and Wellbeing Education Trust
- Type
- State-maintained, Secondary
- Pupils
- 1,636 pupils · 49% girls · 44.4% eligible for free school meals · 48.9% with English as an additional language
DfE school census, 2025/26 - Special needs
- 167 (10.2%) on SEN support · 26 (1.6%) with an education, health and care plan
DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26 - Local authority
- Sandwell
- Location
- Smethwick, B67 7JG, United Kingdom
- Telephone
- 01215580691
- Website
- holly-lodge.org
- Register number
- URN 104018 (register entry)
- Ofsted
- Report card, 19 May 2026: strong standard in 3 areas, expected standard in 4; safeguarding met
Vacancies (2)
Teacher of Business
Closes 16 Nov
Full time
Essential Criteria Good Honours degree in a relevant Secondary subject UK Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalentA commitment to ambitious education for all students…
Exam results
| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ Eng. & maths |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 provisional | 38.5 | 29.3% |
| 2024/25 | 42.1 | 34.7% |
| 2023/24 | 39.9 | 26.7% |
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Inspections
Report card (19 May 2026)
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being
- Strong standard
- Post-16
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
| Date | Inspection | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 19 May 2026 | Report card | Strong standard in 3 areas, expected standard in 4; safeguarding met |
| 2 March 2022 | Ungraded inspection | School remains Good |
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
| Year | Teachers | Pupils per teacher | Leavers | Vacancies | Average pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 101.6 | 16.1 | – | 0 | £50,068 |
| 2024/25 | 102.5 | 16.0 | 14% | 0 | £45,964 |
| 2023/24 | 102.1 | 15.8 | 23% | 0 | £44,334 |
| 2022/23 | 106.5 | 14.8 | 24% | 0 | £42,766 |
| 2021/22 | 103.5 | 14.9 | 20% | 0 | £43,821 |
| 2020/21 | 101.0 | 15.2 | 9% | 0 | £42,765 |
Earlier years (2010/11 to 2019/20)
| Year | Teachers | Pupils per teacher | Leavers | Vacancies | Average pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 103.7 | 14.6 | 12% | 0 | £41,264 |
| 2018/19 | 101.2 | 14.7 | 10% | 0 | £39,822 |
| 2017/18 | 98.6 | 15.1 | 12% | 0 | £38,508 |
| 2016/17 | 94.1 | 15.6 | 17% | 0 | £38,592 |
| 2015/16 | 93.9 | 15.3 | 17% | 1 | £37,905 |
| 2014/15 | 86.5 | 15.6 | 12% | 0 | £39,028 |
| 2013/14 | 85.6 | 15.1 | 18% | 0 | £39,627 |
| 2012/13 | 83.3 | 15.1 | 9% | 0 | £39,183 |
| 2011/12 | 83.2 | 14.6 | 8% | 0 | £38,639 |
| 2010/11 | 89.7 | 13.1 | 11% | 0 | £37,505 |
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
| Year | Sessions missed | Unauthorised | Persistently absent | Severely absent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 7.7% | 3.6% | 25.2% | 2.3% |
| 2024/25 | 7.0% | 2.8% | 21.6% | 3.1% |
| 2023/24 | 8.4% | 4.0% | 28.4% | 2.0% |
| 2022/23 | 8.9% | 3.7% | 31.7% | 2.3% |
| 2021/22 | 7.6% | 2.9% | 26.4% | 1.7% |
| 2020/21 | 2.8% | 1.2% | 6.5% | 0.3% |
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
| Year | Sessions missed | Unauthorised | Persistently absent | Severely absent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 5.0% | 2.2% | 12.7% | 1.1% |
| 2017/18 | 5.2% | 2.4% | 13.2% | 0.5% |
| 2016/17 | 5.5% | 2.5% | 14.4% | 1.2% |
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
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Sources
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.
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