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Academy sponsor led · Birmingham

E-ACT North Birmingham Academy

  • 11–19Ages
  • 1,167Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136032URN

395 College Road, Erdington, Birmingham, B44 0HF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Feb 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.4per place
1.8 below Birmingham median (4.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BirminghamSelective

578 applications for 237 places · 82nd of 83 in Birmingham
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
44.2of 90
52nd of 88 in Birmingham
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 3 February 2026Published 19 April 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExceptional
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 3 February 2026
    Report card · 1 Exceptional, 4 Strong standard, 2 Expected standard
  2. 4 October 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

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
2.4applications per place, Year 7
1.8 below Birmingham median (4.2) 0.2 above England median (2.2)

578 applications · 237 places offered · 188 named it first

  1. 2026 2.4; Birmingham median median 4.2
  2. 2025 2.5; Birmingham median median 4.3
  3. 2024 2.9; Birmingham median median 4.0
  4. 2023 2.8; Birmingham median median 4.1
  5. 2022 3.9; Birmingham median median 4.5
  6. 2021 3.9; Birmingham median median 4.3
  7. 2020 4.1; Birmingham median median 4.8
  8. 2019 3.1; Birmingham median median 4.8
  9. 2018 3.0; Birmingham median median 4.6
  10. 2017 2.2; Birmingham median median 4.5
  11. 2016 2.3; Birmingham median median 3.8
  12. 2015 2.2; Birmingham median median 3.6
  13. 2014 1.9; Birmingham median median 3.5
More applications per place than the Birmingham median in 0 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 20262375782.41880.79
Sep 20252386032.51950.82
Sep 20242396812.91800.75
Sep 20232356562.81450.62
Sep 20221807013.91790.99
Sep 20211807023.91510.84
Sep 20201807404.11851.03
Sep 20192086483.11630.78
Sep 20181765213.01350.77
Sep 20171783902.21030.58
Sep 20161774042.31400.79
Sep 20151803912.21430.79
Sep 20141903601.91380.73

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

173 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)44.252nd of 88 in Birmingham
Grade 5 or above in English and maths41%56th of 88 in Birmingham
Grade 4 or above in English and maths58%
  • This school
  • Birmingham median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.32
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17344.241%58%–
2024/2517343.941%63%–
2023/2418240.739%57%−0.32
2022/2316438.134%51%−0.69

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
136032 · 330/6909
Trust
E-Act
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,150 pupils · 1,167 on roll
Free school meals
60.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
4 January 2010
Replaced
The College High Specialist Arts School (URN 103488)
Address
395 College Road, Erdington, Birmingham, B44 0HF
Local authority
Birmingham

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