Ark St Alban's Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 14 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Birmingham
Unique reference
135970
Address
Conybere Street, B12 0YH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
873 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
55.9%
Girls
44.1%
First language not English
70%
Free school meals (FSM)
62.5%
Persistent absence
10.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.5%
Pupil ethnicities
Other 37%
African 21.1%
Pakistani 18.7%
Bangladeshi 6.1%
Mixed 5.1%
Other Asian 3.1%
Caribbean 2.4%
Unclassified 1.8%
Other Black 1.4%
Indian 1.3%
Other White 1.1%
White British 0.5%
Chinese 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.33
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 19%
Local authority average 46%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46
Local authority average 46.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.93
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE9
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE18
BiologyGCSE14
Business Studies:SingleGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE13
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
Design & TechnologyGCSE14
English LanguageGCSE132
English LiteratureGCSE129
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Ark St Alban's Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
119
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
177
2nd preference
55
3rd preference
57
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
110
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
138
83
55
Year 8
129
79
50
Year 9
125
62
63
Year 10
158
91
67
Year 11
158
85
73
Year 12
81
41
40
Year 13
84
47
37
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
95.0%
88.8%
86.5%
Further education
26.0%
38.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
55.0%
35.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
14.0%
14.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
2.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
1.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
90.0%
73.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
22.0%
21.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
22.0%
20.5%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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