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Ark St Alban's Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 797Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 135970URN

Conybere Street, Birmingham, B12 0YH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.6per place
0.6 below Birmingham median (4.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BirminghamSelective

433 applications for 119 places · 56th of 83 in Birmingham
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
50.4of 90
24th of 88 in Birmingham
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 14 May 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

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
3.6applications per place, Year 7
0.6 below Birmingham median (4.2) 1.4 above England median (2.2)

433 applications · 119 places offered · 156 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.6; Birmingham median median 4.2
  2. 2025 3.3; Birmingham median median 4.3
  3. 2024 3.6; Birmingham median median 4.0
  4. 2023 3.7; Birmingham median median 4.1
  5. 2022 4.8; Birmingham median median 4.5
  6. 2021 4.3; Birmingham median median 4.3
  7. 2020 3.4; Birmingham median median 4.8
  8. 2019 3.4; Birmingham median median 4.8
  9. 2018 4.3; Birmingham median median 4.6
  10. 2017 4.0; Birmingham median median 4.5
  11. 2016 3.2; Birmingham median median 3.8
  12. 2015 3.0; Birmingham median median 3.6
  13. 2014 3.0; Birmingham median median 3.5
More applications per place than the Birmingham median in 1 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261194333.61561.31
Sep 20251354403.31751.30
Sep 20241194223.61771.49
Sep 20231204493.71771.48
Sep 20221195674.82171.82
Sep 20211205124.31761.47
Sep 20201625523.42041.26
Sep 20191505133.41751.17
Sep 20181185054.31851.57
Sep 20171194794.01971.66
Sep 20161173743.21391.19
Sep 20151193523.01341.13
Sep 20141203563.01381.15

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

120 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)50.424th of 88 in Birmingham
Grade 5 or above in English and maths56%21st of 88 in Birmingham
Grade 4 or above in English and maths77%
  • This school
  • Birmingham median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.26
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)12050.456%77%–
2024/2515646.953%71%–
2023/2415646.439%62%+0.26
2022/2313346.041%68%+0.33

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

  • 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
135970 · 330/6908
Trust
Ark Schools
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
800 pupils · 797 on roll
Free school meals
77.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2009
Replaced
St Albans CofE Specialist Engineering College (URN 103532)
Address
Conybere Street, Birmingham, B12 0YH
Local authority
Birmingham

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