All-through
Ark Kings Academy
Shannon Road, Kings Norton, Birmingham, B38 9DE
Key facts
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 739 of 1080 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- ARK SCHOOLS
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 44.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 69.0
- Pupils per adult
- 11.6
- Pupils
- 800
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
February 2022
Previous framework
Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
- Leadership and governanceInadequate
- Personal developmentInadequate
- Quality of educationInadequate
October 2016
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
24%
13 points below the Birmingham average (37% across 7 schools)
36.5
4.8 below the Birmingham average (41.3 across 7 schools)
5th of 7 by our score, among the all-through schools in Birmingham we can score - 23 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 105 |
| Average reading score | 105 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 69% |
| Working at a higher standard | 9% |
| Attainment 8 | 36.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.04 |
| Entered the EBacc | 25% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 47% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 24% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 80% |
| 23/24 | 79% |
| 24/25 | 69% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 27% |
| 22/23 | 16% |
| 23/24 | 23% |
| 24/25 | 24% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 107.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.92 |
| 22/23 | -1.01 |
| 23/24 | -0.53 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 104.0 |
| 23/24 | 106.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 35.1 |
| 22/23 | 31.8 |
| 23/24 | 35.8 |
| 24/25 | 36.5 |
Shannon Road, Kings Norton, Birmingham, B38 9DE
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Birmingham admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Caz Brasenell
- Address
- Shannon Road, Kings Norton, Birmingham, B38 9DE
- Telephone
- 01214594451