Hamstead Hall 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 🔒
Hamstead Hall Academy is a secondary school in Birmingham for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 10 April 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
Hamstead Hall 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 place for Year 7 in 2026, as at 29 of the 78 other Birmingham secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- A last distance was published for Year 7 in each of the 5 earlier years, and it swung sharply between some of those years.
- In Year 7 2026 there were 116 first-choice applications for 183 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 67 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 36% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 3rd 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
- Craythorne Avenue, Handsworth Wood, Birmingham, B20 1HL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 1,173 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 10 April 2024
Strengths
- “Hamstead Hall Academy is an inclusive school.”
- “The school motto: ‘Success for all through hard work and harmony’ permeates everything that happens in this school.”
- “High ambitions for every pupil, including disadvantaged pupils, those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and pupils who speak English as an additional language (EAL), are commonplace.”
To improve
- “However, occasionally, some teachers do not move pupils’ learning on when they are ready to learn new things, especially those who are more able.”
- “In the recent past, some students studied qualifications that were not always well matched to their needs.”
- “Consequently, some students did not achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 May 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) | 36% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.1 | 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: 116 first-preference applications, 183 offers in total, 116 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 John Wall Catholic School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Arena Academy 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holyhead School 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Fortis Academy 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- King Edward VI Handsworth School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Eden Boys' School, Birmingham 2.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published