City Academy

State-Funded School

city-academy-birmingham-west-midlands

West MidlandsRegion

BirminghamLocal Authority

Birmingham LadywoodConstituency

B15 2EFPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

City Academy is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Birmingham, West Midlands.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 554 pupils. City Academy is part of CORE EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 10 Feb 2026 · published 19 Apr 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 36.4
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 23.3%
EBacc average point score: 3.24

Ethnicity

White

Asian

12%

Black

38%

Mixed

23%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

16%

Unclassified

Pupils

554

Total Pupils

56%Boys

44%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

57%

England average

27%

First language not English

49%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 554
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: CORE EDUCATION TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
2 May 2023	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement

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.