Academy sponsor led · Birmingham

Bournville School

4–16Ages
660Pupils
All-throughPhase
141318URN

Hay Green Lane, Birmingham, B30 1SH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2024 Previous framework

Requires improvement

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

16.0per place

11.8 above Birmingham median (4.2)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BirminghamSelective

802 applications for 50 places · small intake, not ranked

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

37.5of 90

Birmingham 45.3 England 46.0

79th of 88 in Birmingham

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 12 March 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Good	Requires improvement
Quality of education		Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes		Requires improvement
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Good
Early years provision	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

16.0applications per place, Year 7

11.8 above Birmingham median (4.2) 13.8 above England median (2.2)

802 applications · 50 places offered · 20 named it first

Small intakeFewer than 60 places, so not ranked.

2026 16.0; Birmingham median median 4.2
2025 11.7; Birmingham median median 4.3
2024 9.1; Birmingham median median 4.0
2023 9.2; Birmingham median median 4.1
2022 10.9; Birmingham median median 4.5
2021 10.0; Birmingham median median 4.3
2020 8.4; Birmingham median median 4.8
2019 7.2; Birmingham median median 4.8
2018 6.7; Birmingham median median 4.6
2017 4.5; Birmingham median median 4.5
2016 4.8; Birmingham median median 3.8
2015 3.6; Birmingham median median 3.6
2014 3.9; Birmingham median median 3.5; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Birmingham median in 11 of 12 years.

This school
Birmingham median

Dashed bars: as Bournville School and Sixth Form Centre (URN 103515), the previous school.

Reception entry, September 2026: 3.4 per place (55 applications for 16 places).

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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	50	802	16.0	20	0.40
Sep 2025	72	843	11.7	30	0.42
Sep 2024	87	795	9.1	28	0.32
Sep 2023	95	877	9.2	36	0.38
Sep 2022	83	907	10.9	36	0.43
Sep 2021	91	911	10.0	38	0.42
Sep 2020	116	976	8.4	57	0.49
Sep 2019	140	1,002	7.2	29	0.21
Sep 2018	145	978	6.7	40	0.28
Sep 2017	203	912	4.5	50	0.25
Sep 2016	146	695	4.8	63	0.43
Sep 2015	150	535	3.6	50	0.33
Sep 2014 *	201	786	3.9	97	0.48

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

109 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)37.579th of 88 in Birmingham

Birmingham 45.3 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths29%78th of 88 in Birmingham

Birmingham 46% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths56%

Birmingham 65% England 66%

This school
Birmingham median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.78

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	109	37.5	29%	56%	–
2024/25	110	36.5	30%	48%	–
2023/24	88	31.7	23%	39%	−0.78
2022/23	114	33.0	21%	42%	−1.11

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

Bournville SchoolThis school
This school

Requires improvement2024

16.0applications per place 37.5Attainment 8
Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School
0.8 km · Birmingham

Good2023

8.7applications per place 41.9Attainment 8
King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys
1.1 km · Birmingham

Good2023

4.1applications per place 48.1Attainment 8
Kings Norton Girls' School
1.3 km · Birmingham

Standards maintained2025

5.5applications per place 51.4Attainment 8
The University of Birmingham School
1.4 km · Birmingham

Remains Good2023

10.8applications per place 47.8Attainment 8
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School
1.6 km · Birmingham

Remains Good2024

3.9applications per place 50.9Attainment 8
E-ACT Shenley Academy
1.7 km · Birmingham

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.7applications per place 32.9Attainment 8
King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls
2.7 km · Birmingham

Some aspects not as strong2024

3.2applications per place 45.3Attainment 8
Selly Park Girls' School
2.7 km · Birmingham

Good2022

4.3applications per place 55.6Attainment 8

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: All-through
URN · DfE number: 141318 · 330/4017
Trust: Fairfax Multi Academy Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 1,163 pupils · 660 on roll
Free school meals: 66.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision: Resourced provision
Opened: 1 November 2014
Replaced: Bournville School and Sixth Form Centre (URN 103515)
Address: Hay Green Lane, Birmingham, B30 1SH
Local authority: Birmingham

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