King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.96 miles
Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy is a secondary school in Birmingham for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 February 2023. Birmingham and the school have published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
King Edward VI Sheldon Heath 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 | 0.96 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 |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- There were 248 first-choice applications for 208 offers at Year 7 in 2026, 1.2 first choices per offer, the 14th highest of 79 Birmingham secondary schools.
- For Year 7 in 2026, 175 offers went to first-choice families, 73 first-choice families were not offered a place; 33 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- For Year 7 in 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.96 miles away, the 12th shortest of 40 Birmingham secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2020, and it stayed close to the year before in every year.
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
- Sheldon Heath Road, Sheldon, Birmingham, B26 2RZ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 1,188 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 50.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 February 2023
Strengths
- “King Edward VI Sheldon Heath leaders have high aspirations for every pupil.”
- “Pupils understand and follow the ‘CARE’ values of compassion, aspiration, respect and equality.”
- “Warm and respectful relationships characterise life at this school.”
To improve
- “A small number of pupils use derogatory and inappropriate language.”
- “However, some teachers do not give pupils sufficient opportunities to deepen their knowledge.”
- “This means that pupils are not able to fully extend their understanding of different topics.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 March 2023 (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) | 45% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47.4 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | 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: 248 first-preference applications, 208 offers in total, 175 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.
- Cockshut Hill School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Tile Cross Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham 2.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Waverley Studio College 2.4 mi School remains Good
- Saltley Academy 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hodge Hill Girls' School 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hodge Hill College 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published