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Saltley Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Belchers Lane, Bordesley Green, Birmingham B9 5RX · saltley.academy · 0121 566 6555
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · May 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 39.4
- 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
- 1,356
- 6 over 1,350 places · 100%
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 57.4%
- First language not English
- 72.7%
- 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, 172 families put the school first and 254 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
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 254 | 172 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 265 | 183 | 0.7 | 95% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 270 | 161 | 0.6 | 94% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 270 | 171 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 269 | 161 | 0.6 | 96% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2023 | All | |
| September 2025 | 1.21 mi1.95 km | |
| September 2024 | 1.59 mi2.55 km | |
| September 2022 | 1.54 mi2.48 km | |
Every applicant was offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 39.4, and 28.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼39.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼28.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼51.1% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲54.6% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.50 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 18.3 | +6.2 |
| Sixth form college | 25.4 | −8.4 |
| Further education | 36.7 | +0.8 |
| Other education | 2.5 | +1.2 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.7 | −0.9 |
| Employment | 0.4 | −0.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.1 | −0.7 |
| Activity not captured | 7.9 | +2.3 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 11 May 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Saltley Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 10 May 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 103480), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Feb 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Apr 2014Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 103480)
What parents said
65% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (20 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 65%
- Replies
- 20
- 2% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on the 50% who had a child bullied