Arena Academy
Secondary schoolArena Academy is a secondary school in Birmingham, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 969 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 12 November 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Arena Academy was 42.7, against 46.8 in Birmingham and 46.2 in England.
35.9% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Birmingham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 42.7 | 46.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35.9% | 47.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 55.8% | 64.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 206 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Beeches Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, June 2023. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)40 m
- Priestley Smith SchoolSpecial. Standards maintained, October 202440 m
- Perry Beeches Nursery SchoolNursery. Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade, serious weaknesses130 m
- Glenmead Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)580 m
- Barr View Primary & Nursery AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)580 m
- Calshot Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, February 2023. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)640 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Birmingham
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).