Cockshut Hill School is a secondary school in the Yardley area of Birmingham, England. The Principal of the school is Mr Jason Bridges who took over from Mrs Sian Hartle in 2016. The school is built on the site of Cockshut Hill Council School which opened in 1937 for juniors and infants. Senior Boys and Senior Girls Departments opened in 1941 and these became separate schools in 1945. The Junior and Infants Department was divided into two departments in 1943. The Infant Department closed in 1957 and the Junior Mixed Department closed in 1958. The former Senior Boys and Senior Girls Departments later became the Cockshut Hill Technology College and now from 2016, Cockshut Hill School and Ninestiles Academy. Cockshut Hill is a fully developed nine-form entry 11-19 mixed comprehensive situated to the southeast of Birmingham in a residential area near the border with Solihull. It serves mainly the Yardley, Sheldon and Acocks Green wards of the city. The college admits 270 pupils each year. The teaching staff is in excess of 90 and the large non-teaching staff includes campus personnel, finance officer, clerical staff, technicians, student support staff, teaching assistants and lunchtime supervisors. The buildings are situated on one site in Cockshut Hill, with on-site tennis courts and a grass games area that is used for rugby during the winter and athletics during the summer. Local off site facilities are used for a wider variety of sporting activities. The college has its own extensive playing fields in Sedgmere Road and shares the use of the local Sedgmere Club facilities. The teaching accommodation comprises a main two storey block, a single storey block and several additional groups of buildings. Departments are generally situated with their own specialist resources. Ofsted, in their most recent report of the school deem it to 'require improvement' overall. This is explained to be due to there not being "good enough teaching to ensure students make rapid gains in their learning", lessons "failing to stimulate and engage students" and also due to the fact "leaders have not effectively evaluated the impact of development work and initiatives". Cockshut has declined from a satisfactory school, to a school requiring improvement. In the Real School's Guide 2018 Cockshut was ranked as the worst school in England.
