Arena Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Jun 7 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Birmingham
Unique reference
145580
Address
Beeches Road, Great Barr, B42 2PY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1105 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
49.0%
Girls
51.0%
First language not English
16.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
33%
Persistent absence
28.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 39.5%
Mixed 15.4%
Indian 8.7%
Caribbean 8.5%
Pakistani 6.2%
Unclassified 4.9%
African 4.4%
Bangladeshi 4.1%
Other White 3%
Other 2.3%
Other Black 1.4%
Other Asian 1.3%
Chinese 0.4%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.25
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 68%
Local authority average 46%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 36%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.8
Local authority average 46.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.74
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award8
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award36
Health StudiesTechnical Award25
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE11
BiologyGCSE34
Business Studies:SingleGCSE54
ChemistryGCSE34
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE20
Design & TechnologyGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE179
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Arena Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
178
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
143
2nd preference
76
3rd preference
78
From another Local Authority
21
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
127
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
12
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes26.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
179
93
86
Year 8
238
97
141
Year 9
211
121
90
Year 10
240
114
126
Year 11
237
116
121
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
88.8%
86.5%
Further education
60.0%
38.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
25.0%
35.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
14.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
1.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
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

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