King Edward VI Balaam Wood Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D47
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Birmingham, B45 0EU
- Distance
- 1.3km away
Colmers School and Sixth Form College
Bristol Road South, Rednal, Birmingham, B45 9NY
Local ranking67th of 89 secondary schools in Birmingham
Ofsted: Expected
Secondary
Phase
1400
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 41.7 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 30.8% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 52.1% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 10.9% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.5 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 211
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 79.0%
- Higher education
- 39.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 30.0%
- Not sustained
- 18.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
30.0
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
30.0
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
20
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 5.0% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 63
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1184
- Boys
- 617 (52%)
- Girls
- 567 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1400 (85% full)
- SEND
- 20.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 54.1%
- EAL
- 12.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.7%
- SEN Support
- 19.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 81.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,105/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 35.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 66.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 8.2%
- Black African: 7.2%
- Black Caribbean: 2.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.3%
- White Other: 2.0%
- Mixed Other: 1.8%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.8%
66.5%
White British
8.2%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
7.2%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Bristol Road South
Birmingham, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 103563
- UKPRN
- 10015135
- Establishment No.
- 5416
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