Academy sponsor led · Secondary
Birmingham · B4 7QD · Birmingham
Ages 14–19
Status: Open
0.4 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 138222
Aston University Engineering Academy
University technical college · Birmingham · B7 4AG
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 13–19
Pupils
1,010
Local authority
Birmingham
Age range
Ages 13–19
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed university technical college (secondary), Ages 13–19, in Birmingham, Birmingham, 1,010 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 42.3%.
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Overview
- School type
- University technical college
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 13–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 138222
Location
- Address
- 1 Lister Street
- Postcode
- B7 4AG
- Town
- Birmingham
- County
- West Midlands
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- District
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 1,010
- Boys / girls
- 648 / 362
- School capacity
- 600
- Capacity fill
- 1,010 / 600 (168%)
- Free school meals
- 42.3%
- FSM pupils
- 101
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Governance
- Academy trust: ASTON UNIVERSITY STEM EDUCATION ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- ASTON UNIVERSITY STEM EDUCATION ACADEMY TRUST
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Daniel Locke-Wheaton
- Telephone
- 01213800570
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Strong standard
Inspection date
2026-02-24
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 42.5
- Progress 8
- -0.4
- English & maths grade 5+
- 53%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 76%
- EBacc entry
- 0%
- EBacc APS
- 3.4