Prince Albert High School

Prince Albert High School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across key areas, with outstanding behavior and attitudes. The school has a strong community ethos, fosters a culture of respect, and maintains high expectations for both conduct and academic performance. As a relatively new institution, having opened less than three years ago, it has quickly developed a positive reputation and has become oversubscribed. Pupils benefit from an ambitious curriculum that is tailored to their community, and there is a strong emphasis on personal and social development.

Strengths

• Strong community values of integrity, excellence, and service.
• Outstanding behavior and attitudes among pupils.
• High academic expectations leading to impressive outcomes.
• Supportive approach to special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Effective safeguarding and pastoral care for all pupils.
• Ambitious and well-designed curriculum that reflects the community.

Areas for Improvement

• Insufficient opportunities for pupils to discuss their learning and develop oracy skills.
• Teachers sometimes do not clarify key subject-specific skills being taught.

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 Prince Albert High School attended 89.3% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 34.7% 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, 16.4% of pupils at Prince Albert High School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 3 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 Prince Albert High School had 17.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.3% 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, 13.2% of pupils at Prince Albert High School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has resourced provision with 25 pupils.

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 Prince Albert High School received £9,249 and spent £8,203 for each of its 759 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £959,000 (£1,263 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Pa Community Trust, income was £7,910 and spending £7,534 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

Prince Albert High School is part of Pa Community Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• Birchfield Primary School Birmingham
• Prince Albert Junior and Infant School Birmingham
• Heathfield Primary School Birmingham
• Sutton Park Primary Sutton Coldfield
• Highfield Junior and Infant School Birmingham
• Lakey Lane Primary School Birmingham

What is Prince Albert High School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Prince Albert High School is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Prince Albert High School last inspected by Ofsted?

Prince Albert High School was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Prince Albert High School have?

Prince Albert High School has 950 pupils on roll.

What age range does Prince Albert High School cover?

Prince Albert High School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Prince Albert High School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 44.6, and 46% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Prince Albert High School?

Prince Albert High School is at 115 Holford Drive, Perry Barr, Birmingham, West Midlands, B42 2TU.