E-ACT Heartlands Academy, Birmingham

In its own words: "We have the highest aspirations and believe every member of our academy community can achieve. We are a strong team that supports one another to be the best that they can be. Our team is strengthened by our diversity. We celebrate together."

In 2026, pupils at E-ACT Heartlands Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 48.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.5 in Birmingham and 47 across England.

56% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Birmingham and 47% in England.

That is down from 50.3 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.07: pupils made about average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 47.9, against 51.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 3.4 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 21 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Statistics and History.

For September 2026 entry, 173 families put E-ACT Heartlands Academy as their first choice and 633 named it as one of their preferences, for 148 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 37 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to E-ACT Heartlands Academy are BOA Digital Technologies Academy (0.3 miles); Aston University Engineering Academy (0.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.5); Star King Solomon Academy (0.5 miles, Attainment 8 32.4); and Birmingham Ormiston Academy (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 53).

E-ACT Heartlands Academy's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

E-ACT Heartlands Academy is one of 37 schools run by E-Act, an academy trust.

144 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about E-ACT Heartlands Academy (as of September 2025): 79% would recommend the school, 89% say their child is happy there and 77% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (90%); the weakest, that the school supports their child's wider development (74%).

Of the 176 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 85% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 49% to a further education college and 1% into work.

76.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 71.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (43%), Asian (40%) and other ethnic groups (8%).

In 2026, 114 pupils (13.1%) received SEN support and 8 (0.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a moderate learning difficulty.

The nearest railway station is Duddeston Rail Station, about 240 metres away (roughly a 3-minute walk).

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Duddeston Rail Sta (before), 130 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood E-ACT Heartlands Academy stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, E-ACT Heartlands Academy issued 70 suspensions, 8.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to E-ACT Heartlands Academy are St Matthew's CofE Primary School (0.1 miles), St Vincent's Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles), Cromwell Junior and Infant School (0.5 miles) and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.