Back 2024-25
King Edward VI Balaam Wood Academy
New Street, Frankley, Birmingham, B45 0EU
Open Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
546
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 41.4
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 32.0%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 52.0%
- Entering EBacc
- 8.0%
- EBacc APS
- 3.4
- Cohort Size
- 75
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 82.0%
- Not sustained
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 414
- Boys
- 220 (53%)
- Girls
- 194 (47%)
- Capacity
- 546 (76% full)
- SEND
- 38.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 69.3%
- EAL
- 13.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.4%
- SEN Support
- 34.8%
Attendance & Absence
2023-24*Data not available for 2024-25 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.9%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.4%
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
Loading chart
- White British: 66.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 5.7%
- Black Caribbean: 5.7%
- Mixed Other: 5.0%
- Asian Other: 4.2%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.2%
- Black African: 2.2%
- Black Other: 2.0%
66.9%
White British
5.7%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
5.7%
Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
New Street
Birmingham, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 147440
- UKPRN
- 10084189
- Establishment No.
- 4036
- Trust
- KING EDWARD VI ACADEMY TRUST BIRMINGHAM