Secondary school

E-ACT Shenley Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–16
  • Mixed
  • Birmingham
  • B29 4HE
  • Sixth form
Ofsted areas (no overall grade) · inspected Jun 2025

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 3,211 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 98%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 79%79%2016/17: top 59%59% · 2016/172017/18: top 78%2018/19: top 79%2021/22: top 80%2022/23: top 87%2023/24: top 91%2024/25: top 98%No exams

Against West MidlandsArrows: West Midlands rank change since 2021/22

Attainment 831.6 · West Midlands 44.11/10 Well below West Midlands−19.7 pts
Grade 5+ English and maths17.3% · West Midlands 39.3%1/10 Well below West Midlands−45.5 pts
EBacc point score2.7 · West Midlands 3.81/10 Well below West Midlands−13.1 pts
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.70 · West Midlands −0.101/10 Well below West Midlands
A level points per entry · 2018/19Not enough data · West Midlands 30.1Suppressed in 2018/19 (too few pupils to publish)
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 45.4 · 140 pupils · West Midlands 49.92016/17: 44.6 · 159 pupils · West Midlands 45.32017/18: 40.8 · 160 pupils · West Midlands 44.62018/19: 40.6 · 181 pupils · West Midlands 45.12021/22: 42.3 · 165 pupils · West Midlands 47.12022/23: 37.7 · 163 pupils · West Midlands 44.52023/24: 36.2 · 164 pupils · West Midlands 442024/25: 31.6 · 139 pupils · West Midlands 44.1545.431.6No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 34% · 159 pupils · West Midlands 37%2017/18: 29% · 160 pupils · West Midlands 37%2018/19: 34% · 181 pupils · West Midlands 38%2021/22: 45% · 165 pupils · West Midlands 46%2022/23: 34% · 163 pupils · West Midlands 40%2023/24: 31.7% · 164 pupils · West Midlands 41%2024/25: 17.3% · 139 pupils · West Midlands 39.3%45%17.3%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 19.07 · 32 pupils · West Midlands 27.92016/17: 23.33 · 15 pupils · West Midlands 28.62017/18: 29.23 · 8 pupils · West Midlands 29.062018/19: withheld (2 pupils)29.2319.07No exams

Not published 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25Withheld 2018/19

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
91 of 91 who put it first2014 · 57.9%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st9191
2nd449
3rd584

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2011–2025

  • Personal developmentGood
  • Quality of educationRequires improvement
  • Behaviour and attitudesGood
  • Leadership and managementRequires improvement
  • SafeguardingEffective
  1. 2011Outstanding
  2. 2014Good
  3. 2018Inadequate
  4. 2019Ungraded visit
  5. 2020Ungraded visit
  6. 2021Ungraded visit
  7. 2021Good
  8. 2025Lowest Requires improvement

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026746
Free school meals (past 6 years)60.6%
First language not English12.7%
SEN support23.5%
EHC plan1.5%
Absence (sessions missed)13.6%
Persistently absent pupils40.0%

Girls 42.8%Boys 57.2%

77.3% full · 965 places · 68 in sixth form (2018/19)

Parent View

Earlier survey (before Nov 2025) · as at 1 Sep 2025 · 100 responses (12.7% of pupils)

  • My child is happy at this school84% agree
  • My child feels safe at this school85% agree
  • The school makes sure its pupils are well behaved72% agree
  • My child has been bullied and the school dealt with the bullying quickly and effectively · 34% not applicable77.3% agree
  • The school makes me aware of what my child will learn during the year72% agree
  • When I have raised concerns with the school they have been dealt with properly · 20% not applicable73.8% agree
  • Does your child have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)?36% yes
  • My child has SEND, and the school gives them the support they need to succeed · asked only of the 36% who said Yes above77.8% agree
  • The school has high expectations for my child83% agree
  • My child does well at this school85% agree
  • The school lets me know how my child is doing76% agree
  • There is a good range of subjects available to my child at this school88% agree
  • My child can take part in clubs and activities at this school87% agree
  • The school supports my child's wider personal development74% agree
  • I would recommend this school to another parent74% yes

Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher17.1
Pupils per adult11.8
  • Classroom teachers 24.8
  • Leadership 18.8
  • Teaching assistants 4
  • Other support 20.6

Teachers 43.6 FTE · Whole workforce 68.2 · 69 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£10,268
Spend per pupil£5,795
Staff spend per pupil£3,771
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£3,556,000in-year balance

Grants £9,610 · self-generated £658 · premises £455 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: E-ACT (38 academies) · trust reserve £25,862,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

164 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained83.5%
  • Education79.3%
  • Apprenticeship3%
  • Employment1.2%
  • Not sustained10.4%
  • Unknown6.1%