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City Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Free school
23 Langley Walk, Birmingham B15 2EF · corecity.academy · 0121 729 7100
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Feb 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 36.4
- average Attainment 8 score. Birmingham 46.6, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Birmingham Council
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 554
- 74% of 750 places
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 57%
- First language not English
- 49.5%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Core Education 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, 34 families put the school first and 61 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 | 61 | 34 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 53 | 29 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 148 | 21 | 0.1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 88 | 30 | 0.3 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 197 | 49 | 0.2 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2024 | All | |
| September 2023 | All | |
| September 2022 | 1.28 mi2.06 km | |
Every applicant was offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 36.4, and 23.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼36.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼23.3% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼40.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼30.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.24 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 12.3 | −0.5 |
| Sixth form college | 6.8 | −4 |
| Further education | 66.7 | +1.6 |
| Other education | 0.6 | +0.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 0.6 | +0.1 |
| Employment | 0.6 | −0.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.9 | −2.3 |
| Activity not captured | 7.4 | +5.3 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected City Academy on 10 February 2026 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: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 10 Feb 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Mar 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
- Mar 2025Monitoring visitEffective action
Mar 2023Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
19% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (16 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 19%
- Replies
- 16
- 2% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 100% who raised concerns
based on the 69% who had a child bullied