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Star King Solomon Academy
All-through · Mixed · Ages 4–16 · Free school
Lord Street, Birmingham B7 4AA · starkingsolomon.org · 0121 357 1905
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 34.1
- average Attainment 8 score. Birmingham 46.6, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Birmingham Council
- Demand for places
- 0.1
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 354
- 34% of 1,050 places
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 55.4%
- First language not English
- 52.3%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Star Academies
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Birmingham Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 2 families put the school first and 23 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 23 | 2 | 0.1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 6 | 0.2 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 90 | 5 | 0.1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 11 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 14 | 0.5 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 34.1, and 26.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Birmingham it was 46.6, and across England 46.
In 2024/25, 55% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Birmingham it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Key stage 2 results
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼55% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | ●104 | 105 | |
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼34.1 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼26.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼44.9% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼7.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.92 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 141943)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 3.9 | −1 |
| Sixth form college | 13.2 | −0.4 |
| Further education | 72.4 | +9.4 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.3 | — |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3.9 | −4.7 |
| Activity not captured | 5.3 | +1.6 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
Left in 2021/22
| University | 11.8 |
|---|---|
| Other education | 5.8 |
| Employment | 29.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 47.1 |
| Activity not captured | 5.9 |
Published for the predecessor school (URN 141943)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Star King Solomon Academy on 24 September 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 24 Sept 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, May 2018
Other inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 141943), which Ofsted links to this one.
Report cards, from November 2025
- Mar 2026Monitoring visitEffective action
September 2019 to November 2025
- Dec 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
- Feb 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
- Nov 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
- Jun 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
- Feb 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
May 2018Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 141943)
What parents said
85% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (13 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 85%
- Replies
- 13
- 3% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 31% who had a child bullied