Arena 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 🔒
Arena Academy is a secondary school in Birmingham for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 12 November 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
Arena 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 for a Year 7 place in 2026 was offered one, as at 29 of the 78 other Birmingham secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Places ran out, with a last distance published, in 4 of the 5 earlier Year 7 years, and that last distance swung sharply between some years.
- 123 first-choice applications for 164 Year 7 offers in 2026; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 41 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 40% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 44.5 (England 46).
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
- Beeches Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, B42 2PY
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 969 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 12 November 2024
Strengths
- “Since the previous inspection, the school has significantly improved.”
- “It has high expectations of achievement for pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “However, improvements to the curriculum show stronger impact on what current pupils know and remember.”
To improve
- “This is not yet shown in recent outcomes for national tests.”
- “However, this practice is inconsistent.”
- “As a result, at times, some pupils do not fully understand what they are learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 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) | 44.5 | 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: 123 first-preference applications, 164 offers in total, 123 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.
- Fortis Academy 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- E-ACT North Birmingham Academy 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Prince Albert High School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Hamstead Hall Academy 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Eden Boys' School, Birmingham 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Broadway Academy 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published