Ark St Alban's Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.52 miles
Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ark St Alban's Academy is a secondary school in Birmingham for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 May 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
Ark St Alban's 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 | 0.52 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
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 0.52 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 40 Birmingham secondary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 1.14 miles.
- 76.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 59% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Birmingham.
- Year 7 2026 had 156 first-choice applications for 119 offers, with 113 offers going to first-choice families and 43 first-choice families not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and A level progress from GCSE was above average.
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
- Conybere Street, Birmingham, B12 0YH
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 797 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 76.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 May 2024
Strengths
- “Many pupils and staff are proud of their school and the way in which it respects and reflects the diversity of their community.”
- “Most pupils work hard in lessons as they want to fulfil the school’s high aspirations the school has for them.”
- “They achieve well and successfully move onto the next stage in their education.”
To improve
- “However, there are not enough opportunities for pupils, or sixth form students, to discuss their learning in detail or deepen their understanding.”
- “The checking of understanding at the point of learning is less secure.”
- “Some subjects do this well, but the standard is inconsistent across the school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 June 2024 (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) | 53% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.9 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
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: 156 first-preference applications, 119 offers in total, 113 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.
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- Birmingham Ormiston Academy 1.2 mi Good
- BOA Digital Technologies Academy 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ark Boulton Academy 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Small Heath Leadership Academy 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Aston University Engineering Academy 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Jewellery Quarter Academy 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published