Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in BirminghamSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 22 March 2023Graded inspection: Good
- 25 September 2019Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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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 entry1,127 applications · 130 places offered · 115 named it first
- 2026 8.7; Birmingham median median 4.2
- 2025 9.7; Birmingham median median 4.3
- 2024 8.0; Birmingham median median 4.0
- 2023 7.7; Birmingham median median 4.1
- 2022 8.2; Birmingham median median 4.5
- 2021 9.9; Birmingham median median 4.3
- 2020 10.4; Birmingham median median 4.8
- 2019 8.2; Birmingham median median 4.8
- 2018 7.8; Birmingham median median 4.6
- 2017 7.9; Birmingham median median 4.5
- 2016 5.4; Birmingham median median 3.8; as the previous school
- 2015 5.2; Birmingham median median 3.6; as the previous school
- 2014 5.3; Birmingham median median 3.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Birmingham median
Dashed bars: as Dame Elizabeth Cadbury Technology College (URN 103494), the previous school.
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 | 130 | 1,127 | 8.7 | 115 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2025 | 126 | 1,218 | 9.7 | 167 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2024 | 150 | 1,202 | 8.0 | 150 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 150 | 1,149 | 7.7 | 124 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2022 | 146 | 1,192 | 8.2 | 127 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2021 | 130 | 1,292 | 9.9 | 227 | 1.75 |
| Sep 2020 | 130 | 1,351 | 10.4 | 226 | 1.74 |
| Sep 2019 | 150 | 1,224 | 8.2 | 156 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2018 | 147 | 1,144 | 7.8 | 169 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2017 | 125 | 992 | 7.9 | 140 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2016 * | 125 | 675 | 5.4 | 80 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2015 * | 124 | 650 | 5.2 | 119 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2014 * | 125 | 665 | 5.3 | 124 | 0.99 |
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.) | 126 | 41.9 | 45% | 60% | – |
| 2024/25 | 131 | 44.6 | 42% | 61% | – |
| 2023/24 | 149 | 47.0 | 51% | 71% | +0.21 |
| 2022/23 | 152 | 44.7 | 45% | 63% | −0.15 |
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
- Dame Elizabeth Cadbury SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20238.7applications per place 41.9Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · BirminghamRequires improvement202416.0applications per place 37.5Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · BirminghamStandards maintained20255.5applications per place 51.4Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · BirminghamRemains Good202310.8applications per place 47.8Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · BirminghamGood20234.1applications per place 48.1Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · BirminghamGood20224.3applications per place 55.6Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · BirminghamRemains Good20243.9applications per place 50.9Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · BirminghamGraded · no overall grade20252.7applications per place 32.9Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · Birmingham20266.1applications per place 78.8Attainment 8 Selective
- 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 converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 143438 · 330/4129
- Trust
- Matrix Academy Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 650 pupils · 774 on roll
- Free school meals
- 46.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 October 2016
- Replaced
- Dame Elizabeth Cadbury Technology College (URN 103494)
- Address
- Woodbrooke Road, Bournville, Birmingham, B30 1UL
- Local authority
- Birmingham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources