Eden Boys' School, Birmingham
Performance (KS4 GCSE)
Three-year trends
Last three years of DfE data. How to read trends
Getting a place
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
- 11–18
- Pupils on roll
- 618
- Gender
- Boys
- Religious character
- Muslim
Pupil background
Special educational needs
Attendance
Staffing & funding
“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.
DfE, KS4 destination measures.
Nearby secondary schools
Location
Official sources
Eden Boys' School, Birmingham at a glance
Located in Birmingham, Eden Boys' School, Birmingham is a boys' secondary school, classified by the DfE as a free school with a Muslim religious character. The school educates roughly 618 pupils aged 11 to 18. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 61.3 — well above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 2.4 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 7% of secondary schools in England.
76% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 91% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Eden Boys' School, Birmingham is oversubscribed: about 4 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 265 first choices for 123 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.75 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. After Year 11, 89% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 2.8%. There are about 15.8 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 54% 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. Eden Boys' School, Birmingham 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.