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Broadway Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

The Broadway, Perry Barr, Birmingham B20 3DP · broadway-academy.co.uk · 0121 566 4334

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Oct 2022
GCSEs, 2024/25
42.7
average Attainment 8 score. Birmingham 46.6, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Birmingham Council
Demand for places
0.5
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,222
94% of 1,300 places
Local authority
Birmingham
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
62%
First language not English
67.9%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Broadway Academy Trust

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, 97 families put the school first and 180 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: 139 (Places 210)139September 2023: 132 (Places 208)132September 2024: 152 (Places 209)152September 2025: 123 (Places 203)123September 2026: 97 (Places 180)97Places 180
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026180970.5100%
September 2025Sept 20252031230.6100%
September 2024Sept 20242091520.795%
September 2023Sept 20232081320.6100%
September 2022Sept 20222101390.796%

Last distance offered

Year 7Distance
September 2026All
September 2025All
September 2023All
September 20241.99 mi3.21 km
September 20222.47 mi3.97 km

Every applicant was offered a place.

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 42.7, and 34.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Birmingham it was 46.6, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C- (26.6 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: 41.4 (England 46.3)41.42017/18: 41.9 (England 46.5)41.92018/19: 41.9 (England 46.7)41.92021/22: 46.0 (England 48.8)46.02022/23: 45.1 (England 46.3)45.12023/24: 42.9 (England 45.9)42.92024/25: 42.7 (England 46.0)42.7England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼42.746.0
▼34.3%45.4%
▼57.3%64.8%
▼35.2%40.5%
▼3.624.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form45.1+7.1
Sixth form college4.2−5.6
Further education41.3+5.7
Employment0.5−0.5
Not in a lasting destination6.1+0.2
Activity not captured2.8−4

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 26.4 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 25.1 (England 31.1)C-2017/18: 24.7 (England 32.1)D+2018/19: 23.8 (England 32.9)D+2021/22: 33.4 (England 37.9)C+2022/23: 28.1 (England 34.2)C-2023/24: 22.8 (England 34.4)D+2024/25: 26.6 (England 35.0)C-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
81 studentsC- (26.6)Well below average -0.72
81 studentsC- (26.6)Well below average -0.72
54 studentsDist- (31.6)Average -0.05
0%AAB or better
98.4%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2455D+ (22.8)-0.74
2022/2350C- (28.1)—
2021/2247C+ (33.4)—
2018/1968D+ (23.8)-0.31
2017/1841D+ (24.7)-0.14
2016/1760C- (25.1)-0.14
2015/1664C- (26.4)-0.05

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University42.5−19.8
Further and other education13.7+9.8
Further education8.2—
Other education5.5—
Apprenticeship8.2+5.6
Employment13.7−3.2
Not in a lasting destination19.2+7.5
Activity not captured2.7+0.1

Ofsted

Broadway Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 11 October 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
11 Oct 2022
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Nov 2019

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Nov 2019Ungraded inspectionConcerns
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Jan 2011Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
  • Apr 2008Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement

What parents said

84% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (32 replies, to 4 September 2023).

Recommend
84%
Replies
32
3% · 4 Sept 2023
Child is happy at school●90% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▼85% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▲91% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼78% agreeEngland 82%
Child does well●85% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼59% agreeEngland 82%
Told how child is doing▼79% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects▼87% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities●91% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼75% agreeEngland 78%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼72% agreeEngland 76%

based on the 78% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly●49% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 37% who had a child bullied

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