Broadway Academy

Broadway Academy is a good secondary school located in Birmingham that has demonstrated strong performance across various domains, including education quality, behavior, personal development, and leadership. The headteacher has effectively fostered a caring and inclusive environment, leading to high attendance and positive relationships with the local community. The school implements a broad curriculum that supports all students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Pupils generally achieve well and enjoy their school experience with many extracurricular opportunities available.

Strengths

• Inclusive school environment with strong community ties.
• High levels of attendance and positive behavior among pupils.
• Broad and ambitious curriculum that meets the needs of all students.
• Effective support and strategy for students with SEND.
• Strong personal development programs for all pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent checks on pupils' understanding within lessons.

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 Broadway Academy attended 92.6% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 21.6% 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, 5.4% of pupils at Broadway Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was 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 Broadway Academy had 16.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.9% 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, 15.1% of pupils at Broadway Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 1.2% 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 Broadway Academy received £8,524 and spent £8,369 for each of its 1,271 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £807,000 (£635 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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What is Broadway Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Broadway Academy is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Broadway Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Broadway Academy was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Broadway Academy have?

Broadway Academy has 1,222 pupils on roll.

What age range does Broadway Academy cover?

Broadway Academy for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Broadway Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 41.9, and 36% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Broadway Academy?

Broadway Academy is at The Broadway, Perry Barr, Birmingham, West Midlands, B20 3DP.