King Edward VI Balaam Wood Academy, Birmingham

At age 16 (%)

No data for age 18

'Academic' destinations refer to sixth form or higher education. 'Vocational' ones refer to further education, apprenticeships or employment. Neither is intrinsically better or worse, and this balance is not used in calculating the indicator score. Data are from 2022.

Disadvantaged pupils (%)

Ethnic minority pupils (%)

Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2022. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

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King Edward VI Balaam Wood Academy

New Street, Frankley, Birmingham B45 0EU

https://bwa.kevibham.org/

King Edward VI Balaam Wood Academy is a non-selective academy. It has about 390 boys and girls aged between 11 and 16. In February 2024 the school was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted. The present school opened in 2019.

This school is a member of King Edward VI Academy Trust Birmingham. (Other schools in this trust include King Edward VI Five Ways School, King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls, King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys, King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls and King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls.)

Particular strengths include Admissions. Relative weaknesses include Attainment and Representation.

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Distance (miles)	Score	Name
0.8		Colmers School and Sixth Form College
1.1		Waseley Hills High School
2.0		Turves Green Boys' School
2.0		King Edward VI Five Ways School
2.1		King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls
2.3		Bartley Green School
2.4		E-Act Shenley Academy
3.0		St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School
3.0		Bournville School
3.2		Hillcrest School and Sixth Form Centre
3.3		King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys
3.5		Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School

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Admissions: Above average. The occupancy rate is very low and the offer rate is roughly average. There is no compulsory entrance exam.

Environment: Below average. Air pollution and traffic accidents are quite low, while crime is very high.

Disadvantaged pupils: Below average. Progress up to age 16 is below average. Destinations at 16 are below average. There is no information for students aged 16-18.

Attendance: Below average. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both quite high.

Finances: Below average. However, the school budget has been roughly in balance

Representation: Out of balance. The socio-economic mix is out of balance with the local community, while ethnic representation is slightly out of balance with the local community.

Progress: Poor. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For information about actual grades, see Attainment.)

Destinations: Poor. The proportion of students going on to education or training at 16 is very low.

Attainment: Poor. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

Sixth form: There is no sixth form at this school.

Schools often provide or emphasise different subjects, especially in fields such as languages and the arts. The charts below show the relative popularities of exam subjects commonly sat at this school.

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Proportions of pupils entering in 2023

No A-level data

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