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Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham

Secondary · Birmingham · B10 9HH

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Outstanding

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 6 February 2024

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At a glance

618 pupils · 100% of 620 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Free schools
Age range
11–16
Gender
Girls
Religious character
Muslim
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
49.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
39.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.edengirlsbirmingham.org
URN
147201

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 432 families named it first for 123 Year 7 places, 3.51 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 547 m (≈0.34 mi); distance decided places in 6 of the 6 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 6 February 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

3.51 first-choice applications per place

123 places offered · 432 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 547 m (≈0.34 mi) for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 547 m (≈0.34 mi)

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

120 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
62.1
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
87.5%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
73.3%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
5.8
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school62.1
Median of its 12 closest peers43.6
Birmingham average47.7
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Hodge Hill Girls' SchoolBirmingham · 2 miles awayStrong standard48.7
Liverpool Life Sciences UTCLiverpool · 80 miles awayGood (2016)46.3
Bradford Girls' Grammar SchoolBradford · 92 miles awayGood44.8
Harris Science Academy East LondonLondon · 101 miles awayOutstanding56.9
Hazel Wood High SchoolBury · 80 miles awayGood35.7
All Saints Catholic High SchoolLondon · 97 miles awayGood44.1
University Collegiate SchoolBolton · 80 miles awayGood36.7
The Archbishop Lanfranc AcademyCroydon · 104 miles awayGood39.1
Hull Trinity House AcademyHull · 108 miles awayGood47
RhyddingsAccrington · 91 miles awayRequires improvement36.5
The Wells AcademyNottingham · 46 miles awayExpected standard43.1
Kings Heath Secondary SchoolBirmingham · 4 miles awayGood40

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Pakistani 54% (Birmingham 25%, England 5%) · Asian Bangladeshi 13% (Birmingham 6%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 9% (Birmingham 4%, England 3%) · Black African 9% (Birmingham 10%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 8% (Birmingham 7%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Birmingham 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Birmingham 6%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.62 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Birmingham: 15.08 suspensions and 0.24 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 8% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 5.35% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

81.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 8.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £42,301; 15.6% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£7,708
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (6%) · supplies and services 13% (11%) · educational supplies 5% (6%) · bought-in professional services 2% (1%) · catering 2% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £1,336,000; in-year balance +£512,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
97%
Continuing in education
97%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
0%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher21.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications30.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work12.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways37.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier57.5%62.3%
Social housing19.9%17.1%
Privately rented22.2%20.5%
Detached houses4.3%22.9%
Flats8.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms16.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van26.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01009326 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£205,000209 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£172,500–£230,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (61)£215,000
Terraced (138)£198,000
Flat (9)£97,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (0.55 km, 2026 entry): 31 sales, median £210,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
6an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
10an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
41an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
8an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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