Report card · inspected Feb 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Strong standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong 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
- 24 February 2026Report card · 7 Strong standard
- 12 January 2022Graded inspection: Good
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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 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.) | 81 | 43.5 | 54% | 77% | – |
| 2024/25 | 81 | 44.1 | 48% | 73% | – |
| 2023/24 | 80 | 42.5 | 53% | 76% | −0.40 |
| 2022/23 | 81 | 42.4 | 40% | 69% | −0.74 |
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 University Engineering AcademyThis schoolThis school202643.5Attainment 8
- 0.4 km · BirminghamSpecial measures Graded · no overall grade20243.0applications per place 32.4Attainment 8
- 0.7 km · BirminghamGood202353.0Attainment 8
- 0.7 km · BirminghamGraded · no overall grade20253.3applications per place
- 0.8 km · BirminghamGraded · no overall grade20254.3applications per place 48.7Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · BirminghamStandards maintained20258.5applications per place 45.0Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · BirminghamGraded · no overall grade20259.3applications per place 52.0Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · Birmingham20267.1applications per place 69.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.7 km · BirminghamGood20234.2applications per place 42.1Attainment 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
- University technical college
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 138222 · 330/4003
- Trust
- Aston University Stem Education Academy Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 600 pupils · 1,010 on roll
- Free school meals
- 42.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 28 August 2012
- Address
- 1 Lister Street, Birmingham, B7 4AG
- Local authority
- Birmingham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources