Academy sponsor led · Birmingham

E-ACT Heartlands Academy

11–18Ages
868Pupils
SecondaryPhase
Sixth formAges 16–18
135907URN

Great Francis Street, Nechells, Birmingham, B7 4QR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

4.3per place

close to Birmingham median (4.2)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BirminghamSelective

633 applications for 148 places · 40th of 83 in Birmingham

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

48.7of 90

Birmingham 45.3 England 46.0

30th of 88 in Birmingham

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 25 March 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education	Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes	Outstanding
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management	Outstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

4.3applications per place, Year 7

close to Birmingham median (4.2) 2.1 above England median (2.2)

633 applications · 148 places offered · 173 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

2026 4.3; Birmingham median median 4.2
2025 4.3; Birmingham median median 4.3
2024 5.3; Birmingham median median 4.0
2023 5.8; Birmingham median median 4.1
2022 7.9; Birmingham median median 4.5
2021 8.6; Birmingham median median 4.3
2020 8.4; Birmingham median median 4.8
2019 6.1; Birmingham median median 4.8
2018 6.0; Birmingham median median 4.6
2017 6.2; Birmingham median median 4.5
2016 5.2; Birmingham median median 3.8
2015 5.1; Birmingham median median 3.6
2014 4.5; Birmingham median median 3.5

More applications per place than the Birmingham median in 12 of 13 years.

This school
Birmingham median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	148	633	4.3	173	1.17
Sep 2025	150	644	4.3	174	1.16
Sep 2024	180	959	5.3	145	0.81
Sep 2023	180	1,042	5.8	168	0.93
Sep 2022	149	1,176	7.9	194	1.30
Sep 2021	149	1,287	8.6	214	1.44
Sep 2020	150	1,264	8.4	227	1.51
Sep 2019	176	1,065	6.1	188	1.07
Sep 2018	181	1,091	6.0	206	1.14
Sep 2017	150	927	6.2	216	1.44
Sep 2016	150	772	5.2	224	1.49
Sep 2015	149	756	5.1	175	1.17
Sep 2014	150	669	4.5	167	1.11

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

149 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)48.730th of 88 in Birmingham

Birmingham 45.3 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths56%19th of 88 in Birmingham

Birmingham 46% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths81%

Birmingham 65% England 66%

This school
Birmingham median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.07

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	149	48.7	56%	81%	–
2024/25	146	50.3	47%	76%	–
2023/24	176	42.5	46%	73%	+0.07
2022/23	171	48.3	58%	78%	+0.37

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

E-ACT Heartlands AcademyThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2025

4.3applications per place 48.7Attainment 8
BOA Digital Technologies Academy
0.5 km · Birmingham

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.3applications per place
Aston University Engineering Academy
0.8 km · Birmingham

2026

43.5Attainment 8
Star King Solomon Academy
0.9 km · Birmingham

Special measures Graded · no overall grade2024

3.0applications per place 32.4Attainment 8
Birmingham Ormiston Academy
1.1 km · Birmingham

Good2023

53.0Attainment 8
Aston Manor Academy
1.3 km · Birmingham

Standards maintained2025

8.5applications per place 45.0Attainment 8
Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form
1.6 km · Birmingham

Good2022

6.9applications per place 51.3Attainment 8
King Edward VI Aston School
1.8 km · Birmingham

2026

7.1applications per place 69.9Attainment 8 Selective
Rockwood Academy
2.0 km · Birmingham

Standards maintained2025

2.9applications per place 40.1Attainment 8

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 135907 · 330/6905
Trust: E-Act
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 950 pupils · 868 on roll
Free school meals: 76.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2009
Replaced: The Heartlands High School (URN 103528)
Address: Great Francis Street, Nechells, Birmingham, B7 4QR
Local authority: Birmingham

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources