Ark St Alban's Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C65
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Birmingham, B12 0YH
- Distance
- 1.3km away
City Academy
23 Langley Walk, Birmingham, B15 2EF
Local ranking77th of 89 secondary schools in Birmingham
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
750
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 10 February 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Needs attention
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 37.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 32.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 51.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 131
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 80.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 615
- Boys
- 309 (56%)
- Girls
- 245 (44%)
- Capacity
- 750 (74% full)
- SEND
- 12.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 64.7%
- EAL
- 49.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.5%
- SEN Support
- 12.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 40.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,654/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
- 10.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 34.2% 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: 27.3%
- Mixed Other: 15.2%
- Other: 12.1%
- Black Caribbean: 12.0%
- Asian Pakistani: 9.9%
- White Other: 4.5%
- White British: 3.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.2%
27.3%
Black African
15.2%
Mixed Other
12.1%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
23 Langley Walk
Birmingham, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 148187
- UKPRN
- 10086930
- Establishment No.
- 4039
- Trust
- CORE EDUCATION TRUST
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