City Academy
Secondary · Free schools · 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 🔒
City Academy is a secondary school in Birmingham for ages 11–16 (free schools). Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
City 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
- In 2024/25, 23% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%); the Attainment 8 score was 36.4 (England 46).
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, there were 34 first-choice applications for 61 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 57% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 54.1% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Birmingham.
- Every applicant was offered a place for Year 7 entry in 2026, as at 29 of the 78 other Birmingham secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
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
- 23 Langley Walk, Birmingham, B15 2EF
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 554 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 57% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 10 February 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are made to feel welcome here, whatever their background or whenever they join the school.”
- “They are proud of the rich diversity of their community.”
- “Pupils are cared for and feel safe in school.”
To improve
- “Pupils do not benefit from a consistent quality of education.”
- “Their learning experience varies across the day, and so they learn better in some lessons than others.”
- “This is why some pupils do not achieve the outcomes they are capable of in all subjects.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 April 2026 (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) | 23% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 36.4 | 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: 34 first-preference applications, 61 offers in total, 34 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.
- Ark St Alban's Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Jewellery Quarter Academy 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Birmingham Ormiston Academy 1.1 mi Good
- Aston University Engineering Academy 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Paul's School for Girls 1.4 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- BOA Digital Technologies Academy 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Harborne Academy 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Nishkam High School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published