City Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Mar 7 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Birmingham
Unique reference
148187
Address
23 Langley Walk, B15 2EF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
665 (73% of total capacity)
Boys
53.8%
Girls
46.2%
First language not English
48.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
54.7%
Persistent absence
30.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.6%
Pupil ethnicities
African 24.4%
Mixed 20.8%
Caribbean 12.5%
Other 12%
Pakistani 8.7%
Other White 5.9%
White British 3.3%
Bangladeshi 2.9%
Other Black 2.9%
Unclassified 2.9%
Indian 2%
Other Asian 1.1%
Chinese 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-1.16
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 14%
Local authority average 46%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 17%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 28.6
Local authority average 46.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.57
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award18
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award9
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award67
Speech & DramaTechnical Award6
ArabicGCSE6
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE17
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE11
BiologyGCSE32
ChemistryGCSE32
ChineseGCSE3
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

City Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
148
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
21
2nd preference
50
3rd preference
35
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
21
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
5
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 classes25.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
96
52
44
Year 8
142
79
63
Year 9
124
71
53
Year 10
142
74
68
Year 11
161
82
79
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
88.8%
86.5%
Further education
64.0%
38.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
10.0%
35.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
10.0%
14.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
2.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
5.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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