Nishkam High School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B78
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Birmingham, B19 2LF
- Distance
- 1.4km away
Jewellery Quarter Academy
St George's Court, 1 Albion Street, Birmingham, B1 3AA
Local ranking85th of 89 secondary schools in Birmingham
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Secondary
Phase
660
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 26 November 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Placed in a category of concern: Serious weaknesses.
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership & management
- Inadequate
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 35.2 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 28.1% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 47.9% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 39.7% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.3 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 146
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Continued in education
- 84.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 614
- Boys
- 336 (55%)
- Girls
- 278 (45%)
- Capacity
- 660 (93% full)
- SEND
- 14.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 65.0%
- EAL
- 52.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.5%
- SEN Support
- 14.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 30.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,568/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Black African: 27.0%
- Mixed Other: 22.7%
- Black Caribbean: 11.3%
- Other: 10.1%
- Asian Pakistani: 8.0%
- White Other: 4.2%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 4.2%
- Mixed White & Black African: 3.0%
27.0%
Black African
22.7%
Mixed Other
11.3%
Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
St George's Court
Birmingham, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 141003
- UKPRN
- 10047205
- Establishment No.
- 4016
- Trust
- CORE EDUCATION TRUST
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