Ark St Alban's Academy

State-Funded School

ark-st-albans-academy-birmingham-west-midlands

West MidlandsRegion

BirminghamLocal Authority

Birmingham LadywoodConstituency

B12 0YHPostcode

6.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Ark St Alban's Academy is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Birmingham, West Midlands.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 797 pupils. Ark St Alban's Academy is part of ARK SCHOOLS.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 46.9
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 52.6%
EBacc average point score: 4.21

Ethnicity

White

Asian

29%

Black

27%

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

35%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

797

Total Pupils

57%Boys

43%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

77%

England average

27%

First language not English

67%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 797
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: ARK SCHOOLS

Inspection history

3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
16 Jun 2024	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
7 Feb 2022	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
3 Nov 2011	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.