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E-ACT Nechells Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Eliot Street, Nechells, Birmingham B7 5LB · nechellsacademy.e-act.org.uk · 0121 464 2102
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Dec 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 50%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Birmingham 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Birmingham Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 184
- 78% of 236 places
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 72.9%
- First language not English
- 58.7%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- E-Act
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 Reception in September 2026, 17 families put the school first and 17 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 15 | 13 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 12 | 11 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 22 | 19 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 50% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 4% the higher standard. Across Birmingham it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼50% | 62% | ||
| ▼4% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ▼99 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected E-ACT Nechells Academy on 2 December 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 2 Dec 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
May 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective - Feb 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
- Jun 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
Oct 2018Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Mar 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Jan 2014Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (19 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Positive
- 88%
- Replies
- 19
- 10% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 89% who raised concerns
based on 1 parent (5%) whose child was bullied
based on 3 parents (16%) with SEND