King Edward VI Balaam Wood Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.09 miles
Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
King Edward VI Balaam Wood Academy is a secondary school in Birmingham for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 31 January 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
King Edward VI Balaam Wood 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 | 1.09 mi |
| 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
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 1.09 miles away, the 17th shortest of 40 Birmingham secondary schools with a published last distance.
- For Year 7 2026, 100 first-choice applications for 87 offers: 80 offers went to first-choice families, and 20 first-choice families (20%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 32% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%); the Attainment 8 score was 41.4 (England 46).
- In 2024/25 its GCSE English and maths grade 5 or above rate was the 4th 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
- New Street, Frankley, Birmingham, B45 0EU
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 423 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 66.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 31 January 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils and staff are rightly proud of how much Balaam Wood has improved over recent years.”
- “They enjoy belonging to a vibrant school community where caring, respectful relationships are the norm.”
- “Daily life reflects the school’s values of being bold, ambitious, collaborative and kind.”
To improve
- “The published examination outcomes are low but do not reflect the current quality of education at Balaam Wood.”
- “However, in some subjects, less thought has gone into how teachers can check that these steps in knowledge are secured.”
- “Some assessment tasks do not test the key knowledge needed for successful learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 March 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) | 32% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41.4 | 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: 100 first-preference applications, 87 offers in total, 80 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.
- Colmers School and Sixth Form College 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Turves Green Boys' School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls 2.1 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- King Edward VI Five Ways School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Bartley Green School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- E-ACT Shenley Academy 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hillcrest School and Sixth Form Centre 3.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published