Free schools · Secondary
Birmingham · B18 4LX · Sandwell
Ages 11–16
Status: Open
0.5 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 137034
Holyhead School
Academy converter · Birmingham · B21 0HN
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–18
Pupils
1,257
Local authority
Birmingham
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- 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 academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Birmingham, Birmingham, 1,257 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 64.7%.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 137034
Location
- Address
- Milestone Lane, Handsworth
- Postcode
- B21 0HN
- Town
- Birmingham
- County
- West Midlands
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- District
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Perry Barr
- 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
- 1,257
- Boys / girls
- 673 / 584
- School capacity
- 1,250
- Capacity fill
- 1,257 / 1,250 (101%)
- Free school meals
- 64.7%
- FSM pupils
- 665
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: CENTRAL REGION SCHOOLS TRUST
- Academy trust
- CENTRAL REGION SCHOOLS TRUST
- Sponsor
- Central Region Schools Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr David Knox
- Telephone
- 01215231960
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
Good
Inspection date
2020-02-04
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
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
- 41.4
- Progress 8
- -0.0
- English & maths grade 5+
- 39%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 61%
- EBacc entry
- 42%
- EBacc APS
- 3.6