Fortis Academy
Birmingham, B44 8NU · Birmingham · secondary school
71st of 85 secondary schools in Birmingham we can score, 89 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still — 3.9/10 against 289 of them, against 1.8/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.
How this is worked out
| Measure | Percentile | Weight | Adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ofsted | 52 | 35% | 1.81 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 | 27.1 · 12 | 30% | 0.36 |
| Progress 8 2023/24 | -0.32 · 26 | 25% | 0.64 |
| Attainment 8 2024/25 | 37.9 · 13 | 10% | 0.13 |
Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.
Get to know the school
How it's doing. In 2024/25, 27.1% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 37.9, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was -0.32 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did worse than those nationally who started from the same place. Ofsted rated the school Good in 2023. Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still (3.9 out of 10 against similar schools, 1.8 out of 10 against all schools).
Beyond the classroom. Pupils can join the Birmingham Rockets, Sporting Elite, Continental Stars Table Tennis Club, Birchfield Harriers, Eco Warriors, and LoudMouth Theatre Company. Trips include Ackers Adventure, the theatre, Black Country Living Museum, hiking in the Shropshire Hills, Western-Super-Mare, Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum, and a year 11 prom.
Getting in. There are 1294 pupils in a school with 2124 places, leaving 830 spare places. The school has real spare room, so a place is likely and classes are smaller than it is built for.
Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils to close the gap between their current attainment and the national median? What specific support is available for students aiming to improve their Progress 8 scores? How does the school structure its curriculum to accommodate the significantly smaller class sizes resulting from
Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.
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