Ark Victoria Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C59
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Location
- Birmingham, B10 0HJ
- Distance
- 1.2km away
Ark Boulton Academy
Golden Hillock Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham, B11 2QG
Local ranking60th of 89 secondary schools in Birmingham
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 25 June 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 46.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 47.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 63.7% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 157
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 870
- Boys
- 495 (56%)
- Girls
- 382 (44%)
- Capacity
- 900 (97% full)
- SEND
- 16.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 70.3%
- EAL
- 55.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.3%
- SEN Support
- 15.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 13.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 64.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,710/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
- 6.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- 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
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- Asian Pakistani: 47.3%
- Other: 19.7%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 10.0%
- Black African: 8.1%
- White Other: 4.6%
- Mixed Other: 3.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.1%
- Asian Other: 1.8%
47.3%
Asian Pakistani
19.7%
Other
10.0%
Asian Bangladeshi
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Golden Hillock Road
Birmingham, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 140014
- UKPRN
- 10042925
- Establishment No.
- 4013
- Trust
- ARK SCHOOLS
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