Erdington 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 🔒
Erdington Academy is a secondary school in Birmingham for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 18 April 2023. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
Erdington 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, but places ran out in 1 of the 5 earlier years with a published outcome.
- In 2026, Year 7 drew 114 first-choice applications for 170 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 56 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 29% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 40.6 (England 46).
- That 2024/25 GCSE English and maths figure was the 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
- Kingsbury Road, Erdington, Birmingham, B24 8RE
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 904 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 61% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 18 April 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders have high expectations of all pupils.”
- “They ensure that the values of excellence, dedication, tradition, integrity and ambition are central to the school’s culture.”
- “They have developed a calm and orderly environment, where pupils feel safe.”
To improve
- “Pupils say that they very rarely hear racist language, but some do hear homophobic language.”
- “However, at times, teachers in some other subjects do not give pupils sufficient opportunities to discuss their learning.”
- “This means that some pupils cannot talk confidently about what they know and understand.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 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) | 40.6 | 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: 114 first-preference applications, 170 offers in total, 114 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 Edmund Campion Catholic School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Stockland Green School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hodge Hill College 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hodge Hill Girls' School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rockwood Academy 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East 1.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Saltley Academy 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- King Edward VI Aston School 2.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published