E-ACT Heartlands Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.79 miles
Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
E-ACT Heartlands Academy is a secondary school in Birmingham for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 25 March 2025. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
E-ACT Heartlands Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 0.79 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 entry in 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.79 miles from the school, the 7th shortest of the 40 Birmingham secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- The middle figure across those 40 Birmingham secondary schools was 1.14 miles for Year 7 entry in 2026, and 30 other schools offered every applicant a place.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and about the same as in 2021, and it swung sharply between some years.
- In Year 7 2026 entry there were 173 first-choice applications for 148 offers; 136 offers went to first-choice families and 37 first-choice families (21%) were not offered a place.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Birmingham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Great Francis Street, Nechells, Birmingham, B7 4QR
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 868 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 76.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 25 March 2025
Strengths
- “They know that when they walk through the school gates they are safe and surrounded by people who want them to succeed and be happy.”
- “Pupils understand the school’s expectations of their behaviour and meet these, as they want to play their part in the school’s harmonious culture.”
- “They show respect, and often kindness, in their interactions with peers and staff.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 47% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 50.3 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 173 first-preference applications, 148 offers in total, 136 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Birmingham.
- BOA Digital Technologies Academy 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Aston University Engineering Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Birmingham Ormiston Academy 0.7 mi Good
- Aston Manor Academy 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- King Edward VI Aston School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Rockwood Academy 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Holte School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published