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E-ACT Shenley Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy

Shenley Lane, Northfield, Birmingham B29 4HE · shenleyacademy.e-act.org.uk · 0121 464 5191

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Jun 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
31.6
average Attainment 8 score. Birmingham 46.6, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Birmingham Council
Demand for places
0.7
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
746
77% of 965 places
Local authority
Birmingham
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
59.8%
First language not English
12.2%
School census 2025/26
Trust
E-Act

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Birmingham Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 91 families put the school first and 126 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

Demand for places

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 124 (Places 172)124September 2023: 121 (Places 180)121September 2024: 132 (Places 180)132September 2025: 87 (Places 150)87September 2026: 91 (Places 126)91Places 126
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026126910.7100%
September 2025Sept 2025150870.6100%
September 2024Sept 20241801320.7100%
September 2023Sept 20231801210.7100%
September 2022Sept 20221721240.7100%

Last distance offered

Year 7Distance
September 2026All
September 2025All
September 2023All
September 2022All
September 20243.85 mi6.20 km

Every applicant was offered a place.

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 31.6, and 17.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Birmingham it was 46.6, and across England 46.

In 2017/18 the average A level result was grade C (29.2 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 44.6 (England 46.3)44.62017/18: 40.8 (England 46.5)40.82018/19: 40.6 (England 46.7)40.62021/22: 42.3 (England 48.8)42.32022/23: 37.7 (England 46.3)37.72023/24: 36.2 (England 45.9)36.22024/25: 31.6 (England 46.0)31.6England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼31.646.0
▼17.3%45.4%
▼40.3%64.8%
▼20.1%40.5%
▼2.704.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form4.9+0.1
Sixth form college2.4−1.2
Further education70.7+2.2
Other education1.20
Apprenticeship3+1.8
Employment1.2−3
Not in a lasting destination10.4−2.9
Activity not captured6.1+3.1

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

Applied general average grade

15/1616/1717/1818/192017/18: 23.9 (England 28.5)Merit2018/19: 22.8 (England 28.9)Merit-England 28.9
2018/19TrendAverage gradeProgress
25 studentsMerit- (22.8)Well below average -0.77
85.7%finished their course
Earlier years: Applied generalStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2017/1814Merit (23.9)-0.57
2016/1757—-0.02
2015/1651—-0.37

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/19
Left in 2018/19Since 2016/17
University27−2
Further and other education6−5
Further education4−1
Other education2−3
Apprenticeship8+3
Employment35+3
Not in a lasting destination13−2
Activity not captured10+2

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected E-ACT Shenley Academy on 17 June 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
17 Jun 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementRequires improvement

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jul 2021

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Jul 2021Good
    Quality of educationGood
    Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
    Personal developmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Feb 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Feb 2020Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Sept 2019Monitoring visitEffective action

Before September 2019

  • Oct 2018Inadequate
    Outcomes for pupilsInadequate
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentInadequate
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareInadequate
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    16 to 19 study programmesInadequate
    SafeguardingNot effective
  • Feb 2014Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
  • Nov 2011Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

74% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (100 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
74%
Replies
100
13% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼84% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼85% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼72% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations●83% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well●85% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼72% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼76% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼88% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼87% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼74% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼74% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 80% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲77% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 66% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲77% agreeEngland 67%

based on 36 parents (36%) with SEND

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