Nishkam High School
Secondary · Free schools · Mixed · Birmingham
Great King Street North, Birmingham, B19 2LF
75
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 11/03/2025
Application demand
48%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
94.4%
12.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
668
Capacity used
Nearly full95%
700 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
48%
1st preference success rate
95 of 196 families who put it first got an offer
107
Places offered
994
Total applications
9.3
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 196 | 95 | ● 48% |
| 2nd preference | 209 | 8 | ● 4% |
| 3rd preference | 167 | 2 | ● 1% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 422 | 2 | ● 0% |
| Total | 994 | 107 | 11% |
1st preference success by year
Birmingham lets families list 6 preferences. 105 applications came from outside the council area (31 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Sikh
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Emma Wilks
- Address
- Great King Street North, Birmingham, B19 2LF
- Phone
- 01213487660
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Ward / constituency
- Newtown · Birmingham Ladywood
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 138586
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 30% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 32% | — | — |
| SEN support | 10% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: NISHKAM SCHOOLS MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
668 pupils · 700 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
11 March 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessSixth form Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 572 pupils
Attendance
94.4%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
5.6%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
12.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.2%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.7%
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 | 52.8 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.69 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 65% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 77% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.04 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 37.55 | — | — |
Average grade: B- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 51.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 54.6% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 75.9% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 78.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.88 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 108 | — |
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.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 36.04 | 35 |
| Average grade | B- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 17.8% | 17% |
| A-level students | 64 | — |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 19043: Nishkam High School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 71% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 2% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 73% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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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.