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Harborne Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 627Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 136213URN

Harborne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 3JL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodJun 2017
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Nov 2022
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
7.1per place
2.9 above Birmingham median (4.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BirminghamSelective

846 applications for 119 places · 11th of 83 in Birmingham
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
44.4of 90
49th of 88 in Birmingham
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodJun 2017
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Nov 2022

Inspection history

  1. 16 November 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 20 June 2017
    Graded inspection: Good

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
7.1applications per place, Year 7
2.9 above Birmingham median (4.2) 4.9 above England median (2.2)

846 applications · 119 places offered · 115 named it first

  1. 2026 7.1; Birmingham median median 4.2
  2. 2025 5.8; Birmingham median median 4.3
  3. 2024 7.7; Birmingham median median 4.0
  4. 2023 7.3; Birmingham median median 4.1
  5. 2022 7.4; Birmingham median median 4.5
  6. 2021 7.1; Birmingham median median 4.3
  7. 2020 7.8; Birmingham median median 4.8
  8. 2019 6.7; Birmingham median median 4.8
  9. 2018 5.8; Birmingham median median 4.6
  10. 2017 5.0; Birmingham median median 4.5
  11. 2016 4.0; Birmingham median median 3.8
  12. 2015 3.8; Birmingham median median 3.6
  13. 2014 2.9; 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261198467.11150.97
Sep 20251458475.81150.79
Sep 20241199167.71531.29
Sep 20231198657.31130.95
Sep 20221198837.4910.76
Sep 20211218557.11010.83
Sep 20201199307.81261.06
Sep 20191177876.7790.68
Sep 20181206985.8600.50
Sep 20171205975.0790.66
Sep 20161194724.0680.57
Sep 20151184453.8650.55
Sep 20141193452.9460.39

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

115 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)44.449th of 88 in Birmingham
Grade 5 or above in English and maths48%39th of 88 in Birmingham
Grade 4 or above in English and maths60%
  • This school
  • Birmingham median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.27
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)11544.448%60%–
2024/2511944.644%62%–
2023/2411643.239%65%+0.27
2022/2312244.842%58%+0.18

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
136213 · 330/6910
Trust
Harborne Academy
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
600 pupils · 627 on roll
Free school meals
54.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2010
Replaced
Harborne Hill School (URN 103496)
Address
Harborne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 3JL
Local authority
Birmingham

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