Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham

Eden Girls’ Leadership Academy in Birmingham is performing exceptionally well, achieving an overall effectiveness rating of Outstanding in its first inspection since opening. The school excels in providing a highly ambitious curriculum that prepares students effectively for their futures. Pupils thrive through a supportive environment that promotes high expectations in both academic and personal development, ensuring they build confidence and resilience. The ethos of service, teamwork, ambition, and respect is deeply embedded, allowing students to engage meaningfully in their learning and contribute positively to the community.

Strengths

• Exceptional quality of education provided to students.
• Highly ambitious and rigorous curriculum tailored to pupils' needs.
• Strong focus on reading and high student engagement with literature.
• Outstanding pupil behaviour and attitudes towards learning.
• Effective leadership promoting a culture of continual improvement.
• Robust support systems for pupils with special educational needs.

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 Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham attended 93.8% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 17.3% 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, 1.3% of pupils at Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham 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 Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham had 16.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.9% 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, 12.8% of pupils at Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 1.1% 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 Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham received £8,704 and spent £8,327 for each of its 616 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,370,000 (£2,224 per pupil).

Across all 36 schools of Star Academies, income was £8,430 and spending £8,333 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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Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham is part of Star Academies, which runs 36 schools. The nearest others:

• Starbank School Birmingham
• Small Heath Leadership Academy Birmingham
• Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East Birmingham
• The Olive School, Small Heath Birmingham
• The Olive School, Birmingham Birmingham
• Star King Solomon Academy Birmingham
• Eden Boys' School, Birmingham Birmingham
• Eden Girls' School, Coventry Coventry
• Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester Manchester
• Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester Manchester

What is Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham is Outstanding, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham last inspected by Ofsted?

Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham have?

Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham has 618 pupils on roll.

What age range does Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham cover?

Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 63.6, and 81% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham?

Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham is at 256 Hob Moor Road, Birmingham, B10 9HH.