King Edward VI Five Ways School
Ofsted: Good
Score
B79
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Birmingham, B32 4BT
- Distance
- 1.5km away
E-ACT Shenley Academy
Shenley Lane, Birmingham, B29 4HE
Local ranking80th of 89 secondary schools in Birmingham
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
965
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 17 June 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 17 June 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 32.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 27.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 40.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 136
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 790
- Boys
- 424 (57%)
- Girls
- 322 (43%)
- Capacity
- 965 (77% full)
- SEND
- 25.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 60.6%
- EAL
- 12.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.5%
- SEN Support
- 23.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 47.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,795/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 13.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 40.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 62.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 7.6%
- Black African: 6.2%
- Other: 5.1%
- Mixed Other: 4.2%
- Black Caribbean: 2.4%
- Black Other: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.8%
62.9%
White British
7.6%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
6.2%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Shenley Lane
Birmingham, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 135911
- UKPRN
- 10028146
- Establishment No.
- 6907
- Trust
- E-ACT
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