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Ark Victoria Academy

URN
141752
Phase
All-through
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Ark Victoria Academy
URN
141752
Phase
All-through
Gender
Mixed
Age range
3-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Good

67 / 100

Good

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

77

Inspection

58

Admissions Value

49

Destinations

55

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 50% of all-through schools in England

Top 50% nationally

#2 of 5 schools in Birmingham

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Below Average
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Ark Victoria Academy

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 1 alternative school identified

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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for Ark Victoria Academy

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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
26 November 2024
Inspection date
23 October 2024
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    Improved significantly

    Graded 26 November 2024

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

71

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

430

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

71

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

6.06×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Birmingham
Admissions portal
Birmingham admissions
School website
www.arkvictoria.org

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

88.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

86.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

88.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

85.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

B10 0HJ - Talbot Way, Small Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands

Contact details

Address
Talbot Way, Small Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands
Postcode
B10 0HJ
Phone
1213934459
Website
www.arkvictoria.org
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Birmingham
Local authority code
330

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 979 schools in Birmingham.

Authority statistics

Total schools

979

Open schools

512

Closed schools

461

Primary schools

559

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    26 November 202423 October 2024-Improved significantlyView report for inspection published 26 November 2024
    • Improved significantly

      Published
      26 November 2024
      Inspected
      23 October 2024
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    16.5%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 53

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Key stage 4 (secondary)

    Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

    Attainment 8

    Attainment 8

    48.4

    Progress 8

    Progress 8

    Not published

    English and maths grade 5 or above

    English & maths 5+

    44.7%

    English and maths grade 4 or above

    English & maths 4+

    67.3%

    EBacc entry

    EBacc entry

    72.3%

    EBacc achievement

    EBacc achievement

    20.8%

    Post-16 (A level)

    z

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    Not published

    Value added

    Value added

    Not published

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    Not published

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    92.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    0.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    1.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    5.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    162

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary559 (58.8%)
    • Secondary162 (17.1%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other229 (24.1%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Ark Chamberlain Primary Academy199 mPrimaryClosed
    Oldknow Junior School199 mPrimaryClosed
    Holy Family Catholic Primary School318 mPrimaryOpen
    St Benedict's Primary School478 mPrimaryOpen
    Watermelon Independent Schools658 mNot applicableClosed
    The Olive School, Small Heath747 mPrimaryOpen
    Birmingham Muslim School785 mNot applicableClosed
    Redhill Primary School879 mPrimaryOpen
    Darul Uloom Islamic High School933 mNot applicableOpen
    Somerville Primary (NC) School1.1 kmPrimaryOpen
    • Ark Chamberlain Primary Academy
      Distance
      199 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Oldknow Junior School
      Distance
      199 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Holy Family Catholic Primary School
      Distance
      318 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • St Benedict's Primary School
      Distance
      478 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (All-through) and local authority (Birmingham)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Al-Hijrah SchoolAll-throughB9 4USClosed
    Ark Kings AcademyAll-throughB38 9DEOpen
    Bournville SchoolAll-throughB30 1SHOpen
    King Solomon International Business SchoolAll-throughB7 4AAClosed
    Star King Solomon AcademyAll-throughB7 4AAOpen
    • Al-Hijrah School
      Phase
      All-through
      Postcode
      B9 4US
      Status
      Closed
    • Ark Kings Academy
      Phase
      All-through
      Postcode
      B38 9DE
      Status
      Open
    • Bournville School
      Phase
      All-through
      Postcode
      B30 1SH
      Status
      Open
    • King Solomon International Business School
      Phase
      All-through
      Postcode
      B7 4AA
      Status
      Closed
    • Star King Solomon Academy
    Watermelon Independent Schools
    Distance
    658 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • The Olive School, Small Heath
    Distance
    747 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Birmingham Muslim School
    Distance
    785 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Redhill Primary School
    Distance
    879 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Darul Uloom Islamic High School
    Distance
    933 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Somerville Primary (NC) School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    All-through
    Postcode
    B7 4AA
    Status
    Open