Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East, Birmingham

From the headteacher's welcome: "We want our boys to become confident, well-rounded individuals, with real leadership potential and a strong moral foundation. All of our pupils will be encouraged to try their hardest and do their very best. They will develop the drive to succeed, the discipline and diligence required to realise their potential, and the resilience to overcome adversity."

In 2026, pupils at Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East averaged an Attainment 8 score of 56.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.5 in Birmingham and 47 across England.

73% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Birmingham and 47% in England.

That is down from 60.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.98: pupils made well above 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 52.8, against 62.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 9.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 18 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Other Modern Languages.

For September 2026 entry, 362 families put Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East as their first choice and 862 named it as one of their preferences, for 122 places offered. That is 3 first choices for every place. 245 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East are Rockwood Academy (0.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.1); Saltley Academy (0.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39.8); Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.3); and Waverley Studio College (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 16.6).

Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East is one of 36 schools run by Star Academies, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 50.6 in 2024/25.

Of the 119 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 93% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 19% to a further education college.

59.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 27.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (76%), Black (8%) and Mixed (6%).

The nearest railway station is Adderley Park Rail Station, about 1090 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Foxton Road (opposite), 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 656 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, vehicle crime and other theft. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Birmingham (435), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East issued 69 suspensions, 11.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 5 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East are Shaw Hill Primary School (0.2 miles), Nansen Primary School (0.3 miles), Parkfield Community School (0.4 miles) and The Rosary Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.