Fortis Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D49
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Birmingham, B44 8NU
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Arena Academy
Beeches Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, B42 2PY
Local ranking57th of 89 secondary schools in Birmingham
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 12 November 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 44.5 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 39.9% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 62.7% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 6.9% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.7 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 233
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1039
- Boys
- 510 (49%)
- Girls
- 529 (51%)
- Capacity
- 900 (115% full)
- SEND
- 14.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 39.5%
- EAL
- 16.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.8%
- SEN Support
- 14.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 54.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,925/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 42.1%
- Mixed Other: 9.0%
- Black Caribbean: 9.0%
- Asian Indian: 8.4%
- Asian Pakistani: 6.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 5.9%
- Black African: 4.7%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 4.1%
42.1%
White British
9.0%
Mixed Other
9.0%
Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Beeches Road
Birmingham, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 145580
- UKPRN
- 10066946
- Establishment No.
- 4031
- Trust
- CORE EDUCATION TRUST
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