Secondary
Fortis Academy
Aldridge Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, B44 8NU
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1210 of 2124 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.0
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- THE SHAW EDUCATION TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 78.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 107.8
- Pupils per adult
- 12.4
- Pupils
- 1,339
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 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
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 inspections1
November 2019
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
27%
19 points below the Birmingham average (46% across 87 schools)
37.9
9.4 below the Birmingham average (47.3 across 87 schools)
67th 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 | 37.9 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.14 |
| Entered the EBacc | 13% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 49% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 27% |
| A level average points per entry | 30.63 |
| A level students | 65 |
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 | 29% |
| 22/23 | 21% |
| 23/24 | 29% |
| 24/25 | 27% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 35.5 |
| 22/23 | 31.9 |
| 23/24 | 33.4 |
| 24/25 | 30.6 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.35 |
| 22/23 | -0.72 |
| 23/24 | -0.32 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 40.1 |
| 22/23 | 34.3 |
| 23/24 | 39.7 |
| 24/25 | 37.9 |
Aldridge Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, B44 8NU
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
- Headteacher
- Joseph Clark
- Address
- Aldridge Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, B44 8NU
- Telephone
- 01213666611