Starbank School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · All-through
Birmingham · B10 9BT · Birmingham
Ages 3–16
- Att845.1
- P80.5
- EM5+49%
- Absence7.5%
0.8 miles away
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Ark Victoria Academy
Free schools · Birmingham · B10 0HJ
Ages 3–18 · 1,519 pupils · Birmingham
Ofsted
Improved significantly
Attainment 8
40.0
Overall absence
7.3%
Admissions demand
1.14 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Improved significantly
Inspection date
2024-11-26
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.11
−20+2
Attainment 840.0
English & maths grade 5+29%
English & maths grade 4+54%
EBacc entry27%
EBacc APS: 3.3
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)81%
Higher standard (RWM)9%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 104.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence7.3%
Persistent absence (10%+)24.7%
Unauthorised2.3%
- Authorised absence
- 5.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.7%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,467
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.14 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
65
Places offered
57
1st-preference offers
46
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 408
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 57
- Applications from outside LA
- 2
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill79%
1,519 pupils · 1,920 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,519
- Boys / girls
- 790 / 729
- School capacity
- 1,920
- Capacity fill
- 1,519 / 1,920 (79%)
- Free school meals
- 68.6%
- FSM pupils
- 1,017
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Free schools
Age range
Ages 3–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: ARK SCHOOLS
- Academy trust
- ARK SCHOOLS
- Sponsor
- ARK Schools
- Headteacher
- Principal Ela McSorley
Location
- Address
- Talbot Way, Small Heath
- Postcode
- B10 0HJ
- Town
- Birmingham
- County
- West Midlands
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- District
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Yardley
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed free schools (all-through), Ages 3–18, in Birmingham, Birmingham, 1,519 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 68.6%.
Nearby all-through schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Waverley School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · All-through
Birmingham · B9 5QA · Birmingham
Ages 2–19
- Att839.7
- P8-0.0
- EM5+34%
- Absence11.8%
1.1 miles away
Washwood Heath Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · All-through
Birmingham · B8 2AS · Birmingham
Ages 4–18
- Att843.4
- P80.2
- EM5+41%
- Absence9.6%
2.2 miles away
Star King Solomon Academy
Ofsted: Not judgedFree schools · All-through
Birmingham · B7 4AA · Birmingham
Ages 4–16
- Att829.8
- P8-0.8
- EM5+17%
- Absence10.4%
2.6 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Principal Ela McSorley
- Telephone
- 01213934459