Centre for Accelerated Learning, Birmingham
Centre for Accelerated Learning is a secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 16 in Birmingham.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Centre for Accelerated Learning in detail
Getting a place at Centre for Accelerated Learning
Across Birmingham, 76% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 97% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in Birmingham lodged 935 appeals against secondary school offers; 674 reached a hearing and 80 succeeded (11.9% of those heard).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Centre for Accelerated Learning are Tile Cross Academy (0.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36.7); Grace Academy Solihull (0.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43); John Henry Newman Catholic College (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.1); and Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst (0.9 miles, Inadequate, Attainment 8 33.4).
Tile Cross AcademyGrace Academy SolihullJohn Henry Newman Catholic CollegeTudor Grange Academy Kingshurst
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Lea Hall Rail Station, about 0.7 miles away in a straight line.
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is International School (adjacent), 40 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Centre for Accelerated Learning stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Centre for Accelerated Learning are Our Lady's Catholic Primary School (0.1 miles), The Shirestone Academy (0.2 miles), Gossey Lane Academy (0.5 miles) and Fordbridge Community Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.
Our Lady's Catholic Primary SchoolThe Shirestone AcademyGossey Lane AcademyFordbridge Community Primary School
Sources: DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
No inspection data available
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby secondary schools
Keep up with Centre for Accelerated Learning
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 47
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 11
- Children hurt
- 12
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 47 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 11 serious and 35 slight.
12 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 5 on foot, 3 on a bicycle and 4 in a vehicle or otherwise.
9 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Birmingham is 41 (the median across 517 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Birmingham
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Birmingham
Across Birmingham council
Places available
14,956
Applications
14,483
Got 1st preference
75.7%
Got preferred school
97.4%
All secondary applications across Birmingham council (2026/27), not just this school.
Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Centre for Accelerated Learning
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Questions parents ask about Centre for Accelerated Learning
What is the catchment area for Centre for Accelerated Learning?
No fixed boundary. When Centre for Accelerated Learning is oversubscribed, Birmingham allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
How do I apply to Centre for Accelerated Learning?
Apply through Birmingham's coordinated admissions process, naming Centre for Accelerated Learning on your application. The national closing date in England is 31 October for secondary places and 15 January for primary places, in the year before your child starts.
How many road collisions happen near Centre for Accelerated Learning?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 47 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 11 serious and 35 slight. 12 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 5 on foot, 3 on a bicycle and 4 in a vehicle or otherwise. 9 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Birmingham is 41 (the median across 517 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Centre for Accelerated Learning?
Centre for Accelerated Learning is at Sheldon Hall Avenue, Tile Cross, Birmingham, West Midlands, B33 0HA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)