Graded inspection · Jan 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | 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 entry862 applications · 122 places offered · 362 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 7.1; Birmingham median median 4.2
- 2025 7.6; Birmingham median median 4.3
- 2024 7.4; Birmingham median median 4.0
- 2023 6.8; Birmingham median median 4.1
- 2022 6.9; Birmingham median median 4.5
- 2021 5.0; Birmingham median median 4.3
- 2020 3.5; Birmingham median median 4.8
- 2019 2.2; Birmingham median median 4.8
- 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 | 122 | 862 | 7.1 | 362 | 2.97 |
| Sep 2025 | 124 | 941 | 7.6 | 406 | 3.27 |
| Sep 2024 | 124 | 918 | 7.4 | 424 | 3.42 |
| Sep 2023 | 124 | 840 | 6.8 | 368 | 2.97 |
| Sep 2022 | 123 | 854 | 6.9 | 406 | 3.30 |
| Sep 2021 | 124 | 614 | 5.0 | 241 | 1.94 |
| Sep 2020 | 124 | 438 | 3.5 | 128 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2019 | 123 | 269 | 2.2 | 96 | 0.78 |
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.) | 116 | 56.2 | 73% | 83% | – |
| 2024/25 | 123 | 60.8 | 75% | 87% | – |
| 2023/24 | 119 | 58.9 | 76% | 84% | +0.98 |
| 2022/23 | 115 | 57.1 | 69% | 87% | +0.79 |
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
- Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham EastThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20237.1applications per place 56.2Attainment 8
- 0.5 km · BirminghamStandards maintained20252.9applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · BirminghamRemains Good20234.7applications per place 39.8Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · BirminghamGood20226.9applications per place 51.3Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · BirminghamRemains Good202216.6Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · Birmingham20267.5applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · BirminghamStandards maintained20254.3applications per place 44.4Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · BirminghamGood202346.4Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · BirminghamOutstanding202410.2applications per place 63.6Attainment 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 145878 · 330/4032
- Trust
- Star Academies
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Muslim
- Capacity
- 800 pupils · 609 on roll
- Free school meals
- 59.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2018
- Address
- 441 Alum Rock Road, Birmingham, B8 3DT
- Local authority
- Birmingham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources