Eden Boys' School, Birmingham

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Dec 10 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
Muslim
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Birmingham
Unique reference
141969
Address
150 Wellhead Lane, Perry Barr, B42 2SY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
618 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
100.0%
Girls
0.0%
First language not English
48.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
46.3%
Persistent absence
4.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.8%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 45.5%
Bangladeshi 22.8%
African 9.7%
Indian 7.8%
Mixed 4.8%
Other Asian 4%
Other 2.4%
Unclassified 1.5%
Other White 0.6%
Other Black 0.5%
White British 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 94%
Local authority average 48%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 75%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 61.2
Local authority average 46.5
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.76
Local authority average 4.14
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE16
BiologyGCSE27
ChemistryGCSE27
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE60
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE54
English LanguageGCSE122
English LiteratureGCSE121
FrenchGCSE71
GeographyGCSE71
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Eden Boys' School, Birmingham

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
123
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
311
2nd preference
287
3rd preference
162
From another Local Authority
18
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
116
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.7
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
124
124
0
Year 8
124
124
0
Year 9
125
125
0
Year 10
121
121
0
Year 11
124
124
0
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
87.1%
85.5%
Further education
29.0%
39.9%
36.9%
School sixth form
59.0%
34.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
12.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
1.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
6.3%
5.7%
Destination unknown
5.0%
4.3%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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