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Ark Kings Academy

All-through · Mixed · Ages 3–18 · Sponsored academy

Shannon Road, Kings Norton, Birmingham B38 9DE · arkkingsacademy.org · 0121 459 4451

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Mar 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
36.5
average Attainment 8 score. Birmingham 46.6, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Reception, September 2026 entry · Birmingham Council
Demand for places
0.5
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
739
68% of 1,080 places
Local authority
Birmingham
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery class
No
Free school meals
70.1%
First language not English
31.8%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Ark Schools

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

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

For Year 7 in September 2026, 38 families put the school first and 71 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 63 (Places 89)63September 2023: 44 (Places 89)44September 2024: 34 (Places 81)34September 2025: 41 (Places 54)41September 2026: 38 (Places 71)38Places 71
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 202671380.5100%
September 2025Sept 202554410.8100%
September 2024Sept 202481340.4100%
September 2023Sept 202389440.5100%
September 2022Sept 202289630.7100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 36.5, and 24.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Birmingham it was 46.6, and across England 46.

In 2024/25, 69% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 9% the higher standard. Across Birmingham it was 63%, and across England 62%.

Key stage 2 results

Expected standard reading, writing and maths

2019/20 to 2021/22: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1922/2323/2424/252015/16: 50% (England 53%)50%2016/17: 41% (England 61%)41%2017/18: 63% (England 64%)63%2018/19: 57% (England 65%)57%2022/23: 80% (England 60%)80%2023/24: 79% (England 61%)79%2024/25: 69% (England 62%)69%England 62%
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
Reading, writing and maths
▲69%62%
●9%8%
Average scaled score
●105106
●105105
●104105

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 138371)

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 39.8 (England 46.3)39.82017/18: 43.8 (England 46.5)43.82018/19: 42.8 (England 46.7)42.82021/22: 35.1 (England 48.8)35.12022/23: 31.8 (England 46.3)31.82023/24: 35.8 (England 45.9)35.82024/25: 36.5 (England 46.0)36.5England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼36.546.0
▼24.2%45.4%
▼46.7%64.8%
▼25.0%40.5%
▼3.044.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form3.6+0.9
Sixth form college2.7−4.4
Further education73+18.5
Other education0.90
Not in a lasting destination13.5−3.5
Activity not captured6.3−5.3

Ofsted

Ark Kings Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 13 March 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
13 Mar 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early yearsGood

Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Feb 2022

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • May 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Dec 2022Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Feb 2022Inadequate
    Quality of educationInadequate
    Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
    Personal developmentInadequate
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    Early yearsGood
    SafeguardingNot effective

Before September 2019

  • Oct 2016Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Sept 2014Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement

What parents said

58% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (43 replies, to 6 January 2025).

Recommend
58%
Replies
43
5% · 6 Jan 2025
Child is happy at school▼65% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▼68% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼54% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼79% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼70% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼70% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▼74% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼77% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▲94% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼63% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼59% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 88% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼41% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 63% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼42% agreeEngland 67%

based on 19 parents (44%) with SEND

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