It is a non-selective community school administered by Birmingham City Council.[3] The school serves a wide area to the north and east of the centre of Birmingham, with admission of pupils coming from some 31 different feeder primary schools.[4]
Hodge Hill College offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.[5] The school also has a partnership with Braidwood School for The Deaf, which is located next to Hodge Hill College.[4]