Saltley Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · 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 🔒
Saltley 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 11 May 2023. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
Saltley 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 Year 7 place in 2026, as at 29 of the 78 other Birmingham secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- In 2026 Year 7 entry, 172 first-choice applications for 254 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 82 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 29% 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
- Belchers Lane, Bordesley Green, Birmingham, B9 5RX
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 1,356 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 57.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 11 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Saltley Academy are happy and determined to do their best.”
- “The way in which they conduct themselves reflects the tolerant and inclusive school which leaders have created.”
- “Pupils behave well, almost without exception.”
To improve
- “Some pupils do find it challenging to recall the key knowledge they need to succeed, but teachers are skilled at identifying and dealing with this.”
- “Despite this, some pupils have not had enough opportunities to study a few subjects in sufficient depth.”
- “As a result, they struggle to recall important key knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 June 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) | 29% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 39.4 | 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: 172 first-preference applications, 254 offers in total, 172 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.
- Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Waverley Studio College 0.5 mi School remains Good
- Rockwood Academy 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Hodge Hill College 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Small Heath Leadership Academy 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Hodge Hill Girls' School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published