All-through
Ark Victoria Academy
Talbot Way, Small Heath, Birmingham, B10 0HJ
Key facts
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 3 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1519 of 1920 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- ARK SCHOOLS
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 86.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 120.7
- Pupils per adult
- 12.7
- Pupils
- 1,531
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 October 2024
Improved significantly
Still graded as at
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. 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.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
45%
8 points above the Birmingham average (37% across 7 schools)
48.4
7.1 above the Birmingham average (41.3 across 7 schools)
2nd 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 | 108 |
| Average reading score | 108 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 85% |
| Working at a higher standard | 11% |
| Attainment 8 | 48.4 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.42 |
| Entered the EBacc | 72% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 67% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 45% |
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 | 84% |
| 23/24 | 81% |
| 24/25 | 85% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 53% |
| 22/23 | 50% |
| 23/24 | 29% |
| 24/25 | 45% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 107.0 |
| 23/24 | 106.0 |
| 24/25 | 108.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.45 |
| 22/23 | +0.52 |
| 23/24 | -0.11 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 107.0 |
| 23/24 | 106.0 |
| 24/25 | 108.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 48.1 |
| 22/23 | 49.0 |
| 23/24 | 40.0 |
| 24/25 | 48.4 |
Talbot Way, Small Heath, Birmingham, B10 0HJ
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
- Headteacher
- Ela McSorley
- Address
- Talbot Way, Small Heath, Birmingham, B10 0HJ
- Telephone
- 01213934459