Ark Kings Academy

GCSE results 2024/25

On Attainment 8 this school is in the bottom 10% of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the lower half.

Progress 8 2023/24

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

Pupils

Pupils on roll

739

Places

1080

How full

68% full — 739 of 1080 places taken, so places are likely to be available

Girls / boys

374 / 365

Overall absence

8%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent

23%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years

72%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language

29%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan

2%

England 3.5%

On SEN support

26%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training

77%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education

72%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship

2%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form

4%

No sustained destination

14%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort

111

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Birmingham 128A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree

23%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications

29%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home

32%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing

51%

England 17%

Households with no car

42%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive

47%

England 39.9%

School details

Type

Academy sponsor led

Phase

All-through

Ages

Ages 3–18

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

None

Sixth form

Yes

Nursery

No

Boarding

Day school

Trust

ARK SCHOOLS

Headteacher

Principal: Caz Brasenell

Local authority

Birmingham

Ward

King's Norton South

Constituency

Birmingham Northfield

URN

137578

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest all-through schools

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded all-through schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.