Erdington Academy, Birmingham

In 2026, pupils at Erdington Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 40.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.5 in Birmingham and 47 across England.

29% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Birmingham and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 40.6.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.12: pupils made below 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 37, against 44.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 7.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Statistics.

For September 2026 entry, 114 families put Erdington Academy as their first choice and 715 named it as one of their preferences, for 170 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Erdington Academy are St Edmund Campion Catholic School (1.1 miles, Attainment 8 41.1); Stockland Green School (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.8); Hodge Hill College (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.1); and Hodge Hill Girls' School (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Erdington Academy.

Erdington Academy is one of 4 schools run by Fairfax Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 41.2 in 2024/25.

Of the 203 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 81% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 62% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

61% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 37.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (30%), Black (22%) and White British (18%).

In 2026, 135 pupils (14.9%) received SEN support and 14 (1.5%) 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 Gravelly Hill Rail Station, about 950 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Wood End Road (adjacent), 150 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Erdington 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, Erdington Academy issued 76 suspensions, 8.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 5 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Erdington Academy are Erdington Hall Primary School (0.2 miles), Birches Green Primary School (0.4 miles), Saint Barnabas Church of England Primary School (0.5 miles) and SS Mary & John Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.