Ninestiles, an Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · 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 🔒
Ninestiles, an Academy is a secondary school in Birmingham for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 20 November 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
Ninestiles, an 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
- In 2024/25, 40% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 44.9 (England 46).
- 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.
- Year 7 in 2026: 149 first-choice applications for 251 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 102 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 60.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Birmingham is 51.9%.
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
- Hartfield Crescent, Acocks Green, Birmingham, B27 7QG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 1,476 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 60.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 20 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy to learn here.”
- “They value the way that staff prioritise their well-being.”
- “Pupils feel confident to share any concerns that arise.”
To improve
- “On occasion, a few pupils lose focus when activities are not aligned with curriculum aims.”
- “This limits these pupils’ progress.”
- “Nonetheless, the school knows that suspension rates remain high.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 December 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) | 40% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.9 | 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: 149 first-preference applications, 251 offers in total, 149 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.
- Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hall Green School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Yardleys School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Moseley School and Sixth Form 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ark Boulton Academy 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Swanshurst School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Christ Church, Church of England Secondary Academy 2.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Kings Heath Secondary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published