E-ACT Shenley Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Birmingham City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
E-ACT Shenley Academy is a secondary school in Birmingham for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 17 June 2025. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
E-ACT Shenley 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as at 29 of the 78 other Birmingham secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Places ran out, with a last distance published, in 1 of the 5 earlier Year 7 years.
- Year 7 2026 had 91 first-choice applications for 126 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 35 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 17% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Birmingham.
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
- Shenley Lane, Northfield, Birmingham, B29 4HE
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 746 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 59.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 17 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils feel happy and safe at Shenley Academy.”
- “The school’s high-quality pastoral support means that pupils have many members of staff who they trust.”
- “They are confident to share any concerns about bullying or worries about their mental health.”
To improve
- “On occasion, expectations for pupils’ engagement and quality of work are not high enough.”
- “This means some pupils do not produce work to the standard they are capable of or achieve as highly as they should in their qualifications.”
- “However, the delivery of the curriculum is not consistently effective across different subject areas.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 July 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) | 17% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 31.6 | 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: 91 first-preference applications, 126 offers in total, 91 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.
- King Edward VI Five Ways School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Bartley Green School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Hillcrest School and Sixth Form Centre 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The University of Birmingham School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kings Norton Girls' School 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published