Harborne Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Birmingham
Harborne Road, Birmingham, B15 3JL
62
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
76%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
94.5%
13.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
627
Capacity used
Over capacity105%
600 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
76%
1st preference success rate
87 of 115 families who put it first got an offer
145
Places offered
847
Total applications
5.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 115 | 87 | ● 76% |
| 2nd preference | 167 | 31 | ● 19% |
| 3rd preference | 158 | 9 | ● 6% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 407 | 18 | ● 4% |
| Total | 847 | 145 | 17% |
1st preference success by year
Birmingham lets families list 6 preferences. 20 applications came from outside the council area (3 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Sarah Ross
- Address
- Harborne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 3JL
- Phone
- 01214642737
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Ward / constituency
- Edgbaston · Birmingham Edgbaston
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 136213
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 54% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 32% | — | — |
| SEN support | 17% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: HARBORNE ACADEMY
627 pupils · 600 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
16 November 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 645 pupils
Attendance
94.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
5.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
13.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.0%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 43.2 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.27 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 39% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 65% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.91 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 43.7% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 62.2% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 45.4% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.01 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 119 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 119 | 18% | 48% | 65% | |
| English Language | 119 | 13% | 47% | 68% | |
| English Literature | 119 | 12% | 55% | 72% | |
| History | 73 | 16% | 51% | 59% | |
| Combined Science | 66 | 6% | 17% | 33% | |
| Physics | 53 | 26% | 57% | 77% | |
| Biology | 52 | 25% | 63% | 81% | |
| Chemistry | 52 | 27% | 63% | 79% | |
| Geography | 46 | 22% | 54% | 65% | |
| Art and Design | 41 | 5% | 27% | 44% | |
| Spanish | 27 | 4% | 33% | 52% | |
| Business | 27 | 7% | 59% | 70% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Birmingham council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.