Harborne Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.61 miles
Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Harborne Academy is a secondary school in Birmingham for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 16 November 2022. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
Harborne 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 | 1.61 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 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.61 miles from the school, the 13th longest of 40 Birmingham secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was about the same as in 2025 and in 2021, though it swung sharply between some years.
- For Year 7 2026, there were 115 first-choice applications for 119 offers, with 81 first-choice offers and 34 first-choice families not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 44% got GCSE English and maths grade 5 or above, the 5th highest 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
- Harborne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 3JL
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 627 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 54.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 16 November 2022
Strengths
- “‘Aspire, Believe, Achieve’ is at the heart of Harborne Academy.”
- “Pupils and staff share positive and respectful relationships.”
- “Pupils value the support staff give them.”
To improve
- “However, some teachers do not consistently use accurate subject-specific language.”
- “When this happens, pupils do not learn the correct knowledge.”
- “However, some teachers do not check what pupils know and remember well enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 January 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) | 44% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.6 | 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: 115 first-preference applications, 119 offers in total, 81 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.
- St Paul's School for Girls 1.0 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- George Dixon Academy 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lordswood Boys' School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- City Academy 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The University of Birmingham School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Jewellery Quarter Academy 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Selly Park Girls' School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published