Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham

Free schools·Secondary school Birmingham·B10 9HH
Composite score
77.6
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#207
National rank
#21
In West Midlands
#9
In Birmingham
Top 6%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
62.1
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
73%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
88%
% EBacc grade 5+
50%
EBacc average points score
5.83

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
28%
432 first choices, 123 places
First choices per place
3.51
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
1,253
any preference, for 123 places
Last place offered lived
0.34 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 547 m
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.42
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1 per place
4.0920223.7320233.9420243.9420253.512026

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
11–16
Pupils on roll
616
Gender
Girls
Religious character
Muslim
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
47.4%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
39.9%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.2%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.0%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
17.1%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.7
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,708
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
97%
30 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
97%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
0%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham at a glance

Located in Birmingham, Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham is a girls' secondary school, classified by the DfE as a free school with a Muslim religious character. The school educates roughly 616 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Outstanding' at its most recent inspection. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 62.1 — well above the national average (national average: 46). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 6% of secondary schools in England.

73% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 88% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham is oversubscribed: about 3 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 432 first choices for 123 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.34 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, 97% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 16.7 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 47% 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. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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