Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East
Secondary · Free schools · Boys · Birmingham
441 Alum Rock Road, Birmingham, B8 3DT
84
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Outstanding
Graded 18/01/2023
Application demand
30%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
94.3%
15.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
609
Capacity used
Has space76%
800 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
30%
1st preference success rate
121 of 406 families who put it first got an offer
124
Places offered
941
Total applications
7.6
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 406 | 121 | ● 30% |
| 2nd preference | 187 | 1 | ● 1% |
| 3rd preference | 90 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 258 | 2 | ● 1% |
| Total | 941 | 124 | 13% |
1st preference success by year
Birmingham lets families list 6 preferences. 11 applications came from outside the council area (1 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
- 11–18
- Gender
- Boys
- Religious character
- Muslim
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Akhmed Hussain
- Address
- 441 Alum Rock Road, Birmingham, B8 3DT
- Phone
- 01216577200
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Ward / constituency
- Alum Rock · Birmingham Ladywood
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 145878
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 59% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 83% | — | — |
| SEN support | 14% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: STAR ACADEMIES
609 pupils · 800 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
18 January 2023
Full graded inspection
Outstanding overall effectivenessPersonal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 635 pupils
Attendance
94.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
5.7%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
15.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
0.9%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.7%
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 | 58.9 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.98 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 76% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 84% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.39 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 60.8 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 74.8% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 87% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 90.2% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.74 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 123 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 124 | 48% | 81% | 88% | |
| Mathematics | 123 | 41% | 78% | 90% | |
| English Language | 123 | 37% | 77% | 84% | |
| Religious Studies | 122 | 57% | 80% | 84% | |
| Combined Science | 97 | 27% | 72% | 85% | |
| Geography | 74 | 26% | 51% | 59% | |
| Urdu | 51 | 25% | 73% | 80% | |
| History | 48 | 52% | 77% | 83% | |
| French | 42 | 19% | 48% | 57% | |
| Computer Science | 30 | 43% | 73% | 87% | |
| Biology | 26 | 96% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physics | 26 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
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.