Nishkam High School

State-Funded School

nishkam-high-school-birmingham-west-midlands

West MidlandsRegion

BirminghamLocal Authority

Birmingham LadywoodConstituency

B19 2LFPostcode

8.1

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Nishkam High School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–19, located in Birmingham, West Midlands.

It currently serves 668 pupils. Nishkam High School is part of NISHKAM SCHOOLS MULTI ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 51.3
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 54.6%
EBacc average point score: 4.88

Ethnicity

White

<1%

Asian

72%

Black

14%

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

668

Total Pupils

55%Boys

45%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

30%

England average

27%

First language not English

28%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 19
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 668
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: NISHKAM SCHOOLS MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
5 May 2025	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Not judged
18 Jun 2014	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.