Arena Academy
Beeches Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, B42 2PY
Local ranking79th of 92 secondary schools in Birmingham
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 44.5
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 39.9%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 62.7%
- Entering EBacc
- 6.9%
- EBacc APS
- 3.7
- 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%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.4%
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: 44.8%
- Mixed Other: 9.6%
- Asian Indian: 9.0%
- Asian Pakistani: 6.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 6.3%
- Black Caribbean: 6.3%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 4.3%
- White Other: 3.1%
44.8%
White British
9.6%
Mixed Other
9.0%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 145580
- UKPRN
- 10066946
- Establishment No.
- 4031
- Trust
- CORE EDUCATION TRUST