Hamstead Hall Academy, Birmingham

In 2026, pupils at Hamstead Hall Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 40.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.5 in Birmingham and 47 across England.

34% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Birmingham and 47% in England.

That is down from 42.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.05: 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 33.9, against 46.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12.4 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Business Studies and History.

For September 2026 entry, 116 families put Hamstead Hall Academy as their first choice and 741 named it as one of their preferences, for 183 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 Hamstead Hall Academy are St John Wall Catholic School (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.2); King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy (1.3 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 46.4); Q3 Academy Great Barr (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.1); and Arena Academy (1.6 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 42.7).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Hamstead Hall Academy.

Hamstead Hall Academy is one of 2 schools run by Hamstead Hall Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 188 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 88% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 50% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 100 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 63% went on to university or other higher education, 4% to apprenticeships and 7% into work. 12% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

38.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 47.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (50%), Black (18%) and Mixed (10%).

Hamstead Hall Academy has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs and moderate learning difficulties: 45 places, 45 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Hamstead Rail Station, about 880 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is Parkside Road (after), 150 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 179 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Birmingham (435).

In 2024/25, Hamstead Hall Academy issued 53 suspensions, 4.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Hamstead Hall Academy are Hamstead Primary School (0.4 miles), Grestone Academy (0.6 miles), St Mark's Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles) and Ferndale Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.