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Erdington Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Kingsbury Road, Erdington, Birmingham B24 8RE · erdingtonacademy.bham.sch.uk · 0121 373 1080
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 40.6
- 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
- 904
- 4 over 900 places · 100%
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 61%
- First language not English
- 37.3%
- 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, 114 families put the school first and 170 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 | 170 | 114 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 182 | 98 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 178 | 79 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 179 | 84 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 179 | 116 | 0.6 | 97% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2024 | All | |
| September 2023 | All | |
| September 2022 | 1.67 mi2.69 km | |
Every applicant was offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 40.6, and 29.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼40.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼29.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼52.8% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼15.6% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.42 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 15.8 | −2.5 |
| Sixth form college | 3.4 | −1.3 |
| Further education | 62.1 | +0.6 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.5 | −0.3 |
| Employment | 0.5 | −2.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 10.8 | +4.3 |
| Activity not captured | 5.9 | +1.8 |
Ofsted
Erdington Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 18 April 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 18 Apr 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, May 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 103526), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
May 2019Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Nov 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 103526)
What parents said
59% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (64 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 59%
- Replies
- 64
- 7% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on the 56% who had a child bullied
based on 17 parents (27%) with SEND