Aston University Engineering Academy
Ofsted: Strong
Score
C56
- Type
- University technical college
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Birmingham, B7 4AG
- Distance
- 0.4km away
Star King Solomon Academy
Lord Street, Birmingham, B7 4AA
Local ranking86th of 89 secondary schools in Birmingham
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
All-through
Phase
1050
Capacity
4-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 24 September 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: Special measures.
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership & management
- Inadequate
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 55.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 85.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 90.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 60.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 80.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 101.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 104.0
- Cohort Size
- 20
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 34.1 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 26.1% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 44.9% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 7.2% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 2.9 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 69
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 81.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 13.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 401
- Boys
- 199 (50%)
- Girls
- 202 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (38% full)
- SEND
- 14.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 62.1%
- EAL
- 48.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.5%
- SEN Support
- 14.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 26.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,119/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 12.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 38.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Religious Character
- Christian
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- Black African: 23.6%
- Black Caribbean: 19.7%
- Asian Pakistani: 11.1%
- Black Other: 9.3%
- Mixed Other: 8.0%
- Other: 8.0%
- White Other: 6.0%
- White British: 3.1%
23.6%
Black African
19.7%
Black Caribbean
11.1%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Lord Street
Birmingham, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 149155
- UKPRN
- 10090548
- Establishment No.
- 4045
- Trust
- STAR ACADEMIES
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