Secondary
Arena Academy
Beeches Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, B42 2PY
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 969 of 900 places
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Trust
- CORE EDUCATION TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2024
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- 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)GCSE results
40%
44.5
53rd 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 | 44.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.71 |
| Entered the EBacc | 7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 40% |
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 | 47% |
| 22/23 | 36% |
| 23/24 | 36% |
| 24/25 | 40% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.31 |
| 22/23 | -0.25 |
| 23/24 | -0.36 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 47.5 |
| 22/23 | 42.8 |
| 23/24 | 41.7 |
| 24/25 | 44.5 |
Beeches Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, B42 2PY
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
- Raj Mann
- Address
- Beeches Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, B42 2PY
- Telephone
- 01217297310