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Small Heath Leadership Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

Muntz Street, Small Heath, Birmingham B10 9RX · smallheathleadershipacademy.com · 0121 464 7997

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected May 2022
GCSEs, 2024/25
45.7
average Attainment 8 score. Birmingham 46.6, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Birmingham Council
Demand for places
0.6
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,131
94% of 1,200 places
Local authority
Birmingham
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
59.8%
First language not English
49.5%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Star Academies

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, 137 families put the school first and 220 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: 133 (Places 240)133September 2023: 128 (Places 240)128September 2024: 166 (Places 239)166September 2025: 148 (Places 237)148September 2026: 137 (Places 220)137Places 220
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262201370.6100%
September 2025Sept 20252371480.6100%
September 2024Sept 20242391660.799%
September 2023Sept 20232401280.5100%
September 2022Sept 20222401330.6100%

Last distance offered

Year 7Distance
September 2026All
September 2025All
September 2023All
September 2022All
September 20245.41 mi8.71 km

Every applicant was offered a place.

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45.7, and 48.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Birmingham it was 46.6, and across England 46.

In 2017/18 the average A level result was grade D (21.5 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: 43.7 (England 46.3)43.72018/19: 43.8 (England 46.7)43.82021/22: 45.1 (England 48.8)45.12022/23: 44.0 (England 46.3)44.02023/24: 45.4 (England 45.9)45.42024/25: 45.7 (England 46.0)45.7England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
●45.746.0
▲48.2%45.4%
▲68.3%64.8%
▲85.3%40.5%
●4.054.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 103548)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form14+5.7
Sixth form college29.7−12.4
Further education43.2+8.6
Apprenticeship0.5+0.1
Employment1.4—
Not in a lasting destination4.5−0.8
Activity not captured6.8−2

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

15/1616/1717/182015/16: 19.6 (England 30.5)D2016/17: 16.3 (England 31.1)D-2017/18: 21.5 (England 32.1)DEngland 32.1
2017/18TrendAverage gradeProgress
16 studentsD (21.5)Average +0.03
20 studentsD (20.3)Average -0.16
Applied general6 studentsPass+ (19)Well below average -0.94
88.9%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2016/1759D- (16.3)-0.54
2015/16100D (19.6)-0.60

Published for the predecessor school (URN 103548)

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/17
Left in 2016/17
University59
Further and other education14
Further education7
Other education7
Employment5
Not in a lasting destination11
Activity not captured11

Published for the predecessor school (URN 103548)

Ofsted

Small Heath Leadership Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 11 May 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
11 May 2022
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Jan 2015

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 103548), which Ofsted links to this one.

Before September 2019

  • Jan 2015Inadequate
    Leadership and managementInadequate

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 103548)

What parents said

91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (22 replies, to 6 April 2026).

Recommend
91%
Replies
22
2% · 6 Apr 2026
Child is happy at school▲96% agreeEngland 84%
Child feels safe▲100% agreeEngland 85%
Pupils are well behaved▲86% agreeEngland 78%
Gets the right support to learn▲95% agreeEngland 78%
School communicates well▲86% agreeEngland 77%
Acts in child’s best interests▲90% agreeEngland 76%
Concerns are dealt with properly●72% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 100% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲67% agreeEngland 43%

based on 3 parents (14%) whose child was bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲100% agreeEngland 63%

based on 1 parent (5%) with SEND

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