King Solomon International Business School

Type Other schools / Free schools
Age Range 4-16
Religion Christian
Address Lord Street
Birmingham
West Midlands
B7 4AA
Phone 01213571905
Reference Number 149155

General Makeup

Number of pupils 468
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.79%
Girls: 50.21%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 54.4%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 40.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 24.7
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 24
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 27

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 6 8 14
2 14 9 23
3 13 11 24
4 16 14 30
5 13 2 15
6 20 20 40
7 28 17 45
8 22 33 55
9 21 31 52
10 31 44 75
11 43 41 84

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
African 23.5%
Caribbean 22.6%
White, Other 7.7%
Mixed, Other 7.1%
Pakistani 5.6%
Unclassified 4.1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.8%
White, British 2.6%
Indian 2.4%
White & Black (African) 0.4%
Asian, Other 0.4%
Chinese 0.2%
White & Asian 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating As of September 2024, Ofsted no longer give a one word rating for schools. See our blog post for more details.
Last Inspection Date 2024-11-14
Date Description Report
2024-09-24 School inspection School inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
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GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 17.1% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 26.3% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 50% Unlock Unlock
Pupils meeting a higher standard 3% Unlock Unlock

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
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Maths 102 Unlock Unlock

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -1.7 Unlock Unlock
Writing 0.1 Unlock Unlock
Maths -1.1 Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 3 1
Third Preference 3 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous Years

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 2 0
Third Preference 19 6
From another Local Authority 2 1

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Destinations after GCSE's

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