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Ninestiles, an Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy
Hartfield Crescent, Acocks Green, Birmingham B27 7QG · ninestiles.org.uk · 0121 628 1311
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2019
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 44.9
- average Attainment 8 score. Birmingham 46.6, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Birmingham Council
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,476
- 98% of 1,500 places
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 60.9%
- First language not English
- 48.4%
- School census 2025/26
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, 149 families put the school first and 251 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 251 | 149 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 291 | 169 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 296 | 163 | 0.6 | 99% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 297 | 185 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 296 | 167 | 0.6 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44.9, and 39.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Birmingham it was 46.6, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●44.9 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼39.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼61.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲62.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ●3.99 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 8.5 | +0.3 |
| Sixth form college | 38.2 | +2.1 |
| Further education | 36.5 | −1.6 |
| Apprenticeship | 2 | +0.6 |
| Employment | 1 | −0.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9.6 | +1.1 |
| Activity not captured | 4.1 | −1.3 |
Ofsted
Ninestiles, an Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 3 December 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Nov 2024 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 19 Nov 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Dec 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Oct 2013Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Jan 2009Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding 16 to 19 study programmes Good
What parents said
65% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (40 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 65%
- Replies
- 40
- 3% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 92% who raised concerns
based on the 52% who had a child bullied
based on 14 parents (35%) with SEND