Ark Boulton Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D54
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Birmingham, B11 2QG
- Distance
- 1.3km away
Yardleys School
Reddings Lane, Tyseley, Birmingham, B11 3EY
Local ranking35th of 89 secondary schools in Birmingham
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
950
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 7 March 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 43.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 41.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 62.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 174
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 91.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 929
- Boys
- 528 (57%)
- Girls
- 402 (43%)
- Capacity
- 950 (98% full)
- SEND
- 18.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 56.5%
- EAL
- 60.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.5%
- SEN Support
- 16.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 57.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,558/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
- 7.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- Asian Pakistani: 64.7%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 8.8%
- Other: 5.1%
- Black African: 3.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.4%
- Asian Indian: 3.1%
- White British: 3.0%
- Mixed Other: 2.2%
64.7%
Asian Pakistani
8.8%
Asian Bangladeshi
5.1%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Reddings Lane
Birmingham, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 139994
- UKPRN
- 10042622
- Establishment No.
- 4246
- Trust
- YARDLEYS SCHOOL
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