Free schools · Birmingham

Star King Solomon Academy

4–16Ages
354Pupils
All-throughPhase
ChristianReligious character
149155URN

Lord Street, Birmingham, B7 4AA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Special measures

Graded inspection · Sep 2024 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

3.0per place

1.2 below Birmingham median (4.2)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BirminghamSelective

69 applications for 23 places · small intake, not ranked

Every year since 2016

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

32.4of 90

Birmingham 45.3 England 46.0

87th of 88 in Birmingham

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Special measures

Graded inspection · 24 September 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education			Inadequate
Behaviour and attitudes		Requires improvement
Personal development		Requires improvement
Leadership and management			Inadequate
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

3.0applications per place, Year 7

1.2 below Birmingham median (4.2) 0.8 above England median (2.2)

69 applications · 23 places offered · 2 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

Small intakeFewer than 60 places, so not ranked.

2026 3.0; Birmingham median median 4.2
2025 3.1; Birmingham median median 4.3
2024 1.1; Birmingham median median 4.0
2023 3.0; Birmingham median median 4.1
2022 3.4; Birmingham median median 4.5; as the previous school
2021 2.5; Birmingham median median 4.3; as the previous school
2020 1.7; Birmingham median median 4.8; as the previous school
2019 1.9; Birmingham median median 4.8; as the previous school
2018 2.5; Birmingham median median 4.6; as the previous school
2017 2.3; Birmingham median median 4.5; as the previous school
2016 2.3; Birmingham median median 3.8; as the previous school

This school
Birmingham median

Dashed bars: as King Solomon International Business School (URN 141943), the previous school.

Reception entry, September 2026: 1.5 per place (9 applications for 6 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	23	69	3.0	2	0.09
Sep 2025	30	93	3.1	6	0.20
Sep 2024	90	96	1.1	5	0.06
Sep 2023	30	89	3.0	11	0.37
Sep 2022 *	30	103	3.4	14	0.47
Sep 2021 *	48	120	2.5	19	0.40
Sep 2020 *	91	151	1.7	24	0.26
Sep 2019 *	85	158	1.9	24	0.28
Sep 2018 *	76	188	2.5	35	0.46
Sep 2017 *	89	207	2.3	43	0.48
Sep 2016 *	91	209	2.3	67	0.74

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

59 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)32.487th of 88 in Birmingham

Birmingham 45.3 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths36%63rd of 88 in Birmingham

Birmingham 46% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths46%

Birmingham 65% England 66%

This school
Birmingham median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.83

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	59	32.4	36%	46%	–
2024/25	69	34.1	26%	45%	–
2023/24	76	29.8	17%	33%	−0.83
2022/23	78	31.5	19%	36%	−0.93

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

Star King Solomon AcademyThis school
This school

Special measures Graded · no overall grade2024

3.0applications per place 32.4Attainment 8
Aston University Engineering Academy
0.4 km · Birmingham

2026

43.5Attainment 8
Aston Manor Academy
0.5 km · Birmingham

Standards maintained2025

8.5applications per place 45.0Attainment 8
E-ACT Heartlands Academy
0.9 km · Birmingham

Graded · no overall grade2025

4.3applications per place 48.7Attainment 8
BOA Digital Technologies Academy
1.0 km · Birmingham

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.3applications per place
Birmingham Ormiston Academy
1.1 km · Birmingham

Good2023

53.0Attainment 8
King Edward VI Aston School
1.2 km · Birmingham

2026

7.1applications per place 69.9Attainment 8 Selective
Holte School
1.4 km · Birmingham

Good2023

4.2applications per place 42.1Attainment 8
Nishkam High School
1.5 km · Birmingham

Graded · no overall grade2025

9.3applications per place 52.0Attainment 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: All-through
URN · DfE number: 149155 · 330/4045
Trust: Star Academies
Religious character: Christian
Capacity: 1,050 pupils · 354 on roll
Free school meals: 55.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 April 2022
Replaced: King Solomon International Business School (URN 141943)
Address: Lord Street, Birmingham, B7 4AA
Local authority: Birmingham

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