E-ACT North Birmingham Academy

E-ACT North Birmingham Academy is performing well, with notable strengths in attendance, behavior, and student engagement. The school has achieved exceptional standards in attendance and offers a positive and inclusive environment for its pupils, leading to high levels of student satisfaction and engagement. Safeguarding practices are robust, ensuring that pupils feel safe and supported throughout their education. Although there have been rapid improvements, the school is still focused on further enhancing achievement across subjects.

Strengths

• Exceptional attendance rates compared to national averages
• Strong behavior management with low rates of bullying
• Inclusive culture promoting a sense of belonging
• Effective curriculum planning and teaching strategies
• Comprehensive support for disadvantaged pupils

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at E-ACT North Birmingham Academy attended 96.5% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 8.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 3.1% of pupils at E-ACT North Birmingham Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 E-ACT North Birmingham Academy had 17.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 14.8% of pupils at E-ACT North Birmingham Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 0.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 E-ACT North Birmingham Academy received £8,845 and spent £8,251 for each of its 1,121 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,204,000 (£1,074 per pupil).

Across all 37 schools of E-Act, income was £8,727 and spending £8,448 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Birmingham · Birmingham local authority: places and applications

E-ACT North Birmingham Academy is part of E-Act, which runs 37 schools. The nearest others:

• Mansfield Green E-ACT Academy Birmingham
• E-ACT Nechells Academy Birmingham
• E-ACT Heartlands Academy Birmingham
• West Walsall E-ACT Academy Walsall
• Reedswood E-ACT Academy Walsall
• Willenhall E-ACT Academy Willenhall
• E-ACT Shenley Academy Birmingham
• Merritts Brook Primary E-ACT Academy Birmingham
• E-ACT The Grange School Daventry
• The Parker E-ACT Academy Daventry

What is E-ACT North Birmingham Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for E-ACT North Birmingham Academy is Expected standard, from an inspection in April 2026.

When was E-ACT North Birmingham Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

E-ACT North Birmingham Academy was last inspected in April 2026.

How many pupils does E-ACT North Birmingham Academy have?

E-ACT North Birmingham Academy has 1,167 pupils on roll.

What age range does E-ACT North Birmingham Academy cover?

E-ACT North Birmingham Academy for pupils aged 11 to 19.

What are E-ACT North Birmingham Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 44.2, and 41% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is E-ACT North Birmingham Academy?

E-ACT North Birmingham Academy is at 395 College Road, Erdington, Birmingham, West Midlands, B44 0HF.