Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Jan 18 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Muslim
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Birmingham
Unique reference
145878
Address
441 Alum Rock Road, B8 3DT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
619 (77% of total capacity)
Boys
100.0%
Girls
0.0%
First language not English
75.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
52.3%
Persistent absence
13.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.1%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 61.6%
African 10%
Bangladeshi 8.2%
Mixed 6.1%
Other 4.8%
Unclassified 3.2%
Indian 2.3%
Other Asian 2.3%
Other White 1%
White British 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 89%
Local authority average 48%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 73%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 60.5
Local authority average 46.5
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.72
Local authority average 4.14
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award27
ArabicGCSE18
BiologyGCSE26
Business Studies:SingleGCSE26
ChemistryGCSE26
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE21
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE30
English LanguageGCSE123
English LiteratureGCSE124
FrenchGCSE42
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
124
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
406
2nd preference
187
3rd preference
90
From another Local Authority
11
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
121
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes24.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
123
123
0
Year 8
125
125
0
Year 9
123
123
0
Year 10
124
124
0
Year 11
124
124
0
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
87.1%
85.5%
Further education
22.0%
39.9%
36.9%
School sixth form
44.0%
34.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
19.0%
12.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
1.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
6.3%
5.7%
Destination unknown
6.0%
4.3%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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