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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 14 May 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 6 June 2017Graded inspection: Outstanding
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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 entry1,265 applications · 149 places offered · 153 named it first
- 2026 8.5; Birmingham median median 4.2
- 2025 8.4; Birmingham median median 4.3
- 2024 8.5; Birmingham median median 4.0
- 2023 8.1; Birmingham median median 4.1
- 2022 7.9; Birmingham median median 4.5
- 2021 7.4; Birmingham median median 4.3
- 2020 8.5; Birmingham median median 4.8
- 2019 7.8; Birmingham median median 4.8
- 2018 7.7; Birmingham median median 4.6
- 2017 6.1; Birmingham median median 4.5
- 2016 4.4; Birmingham median median 3.8
- 2015 4.4; Birmingham median median 3.6
- 2014 4.3; Birmingham median median 3.5
- 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 | 149 | 1,265 | 8.5 | 153 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2025 | 150 | 1,255 | 8.4 | 162 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2024 | 148 | 1,262 | 8.5 | 187 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2023 | 151 | 1,225 | 8.1 | 143 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2022 | 149 | 1,179 | 7.9 | 164 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2021 | 150 | 1,106 | 7.4 | 162 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2020 | 150 | 1,281 | 8.5 | 197 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2019 | 153 | 1,188 | 7.8 | 164 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2018 | 146 | 1,119 | 7.7 | 176 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2017 | 150 | 907 | 6.1 | 162 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2016 | 149 | 656 | 4.4 | 134 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2015 | 150 | 664 | 4.4 | 166 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2014 | 149 | 640 | 4.3 | 149 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 144 | 45.0 | 47% | 67% | – |
| 2024/25 | 150 | 44.6 | 41% | 62% | – |
| 2023/24 | 151 | 48.4 | 52% | 78% | +0.25 |
| 2022/23 | 149 | 43.4 | 40% | 69% | −0.11 |
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
- Aston Manor AcademyThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20258.5applications per place 45.0Attainment 8
- 0.5 km · BirminghamSpecial measures Graded · no overall grade20243.0applications per place 32.4Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · Birmingham202643.5Attainment 8
- 0.9 km · Birmingham20267.1applications per place 69.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.9 km · BirminghamGood20234.2applications per place 42.1Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · BirminghamGraded · no overall grade20259.3applications per place 52.0Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · BirminghamGraded · no overall grade20254.3applications per place 48.7Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · BirminghamGraded · no overall grade20253.3applications per place
- 1.4 km · BirminghamGood202353.0Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136882 · 330/4220
- Trust
- Equitas Academies Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 950 pupils · 990 on roll
- Free school meals
- 75.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 July 2011
- Replaced
- Aston Manor School (URN 103508)
- Address
- Phillips Street, Aston, Birmingham, B6 4PZ
- Local authority
- Birmingham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources