E-ACT North Birmingham Academy

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school Birmingham·B44 0HF
Composite score
54.9
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#1,929
National rank
#197
In West Midlands
#53
In Birmingham
Top 61%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
43.9
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
41%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
63%
% EBacc grade 5+
9%
EBacc average points score
3.61

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 03/02/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour
Exceptional
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Inclusion
Strong standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Post-16 provision
Expected standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
95%
188 first choices, 237 places
First choices per place
0.79
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
578
any preference, for 237 places
Last place offered lived
2.20 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 3544 m
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9920220.6220230.7520240.8220250.792026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–19
Pupils on roll
1,112
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
61.5%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
32.8%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.0%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
0.4%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.1%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
13.0%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.3
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,391
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
83%
164 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
82%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

E-ACT North Birmingham Academy at a glance

Located in Birmingham, E-ACT North Birmingham Academy is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 1,112 pupils aged 11 to 19. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 43.9, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 3.2 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

41% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 63% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 95% of the families who made E-ACT North Birmingham Academy their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2026 lived 2.20 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. After Year 11, 83% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 5.1%. There are about 18.3 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 62% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. E-ACT North Birmingham Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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