Secondary
Nishkam High School
Great King Street North, Birmingham, B19 2LF
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 668 of 700 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.5
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- NISHKAM SCHOOLS MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 43.3
- All staff (FTE)
- 52.1
- Pupils per adult
- 12.9
- Pupils
- 671
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 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Sixth formOutstanding
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)GCSE results
55%
9 points above the Birmingham average (46% across 87 schools)
51.3
4.0 above the Birmingham average (47.3 across 87 schools)
14th of 88 by our score, among the secondary schools in Birmingham we can score - 112 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 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 51.3 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.88 |
| Entered the EBacc | 79% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 76% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 55% |
| A level average points per entry | 36.04 |
| A level students | 64 |
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 |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 72% |
| 22/23 | 68% |
| 23/24 | 65% |
| 24/25 | 55% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 42.0 |
| 22/23 | 36.6 |
| 23/24 | 37.5 |
| 24/25 | 36.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +1.08 |
| 22/23 | +0.94 |
| 23/24 | +0.69 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 57.2 |
| 22/23 | 56.4 |
| 23/24 | 52.8 |
| 24/25 | 51.3 |
Great King Street North, Birmingham, B19 2LF
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 31 October, 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
- Co Principal Chris Deeks Co Principal Emma Wilks
- Address
- Great King Street North, Birmingham, B19 2LF
- Telephone
- 01213487660