Nishkam High School

Great King Street North, Birmingham, West Midlands, B19 2LF

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About this school

Nishkam High School is a Free schools serving secondary age pupils, located in Birmingham, West Midlands. The school has 670 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Outstanding (last overall grade). Last inspected 11 March 2025. The Principal is Co – Principal Chris Deeks Co – Principal Emma Wilks. The school is administered by Birmingham local authority. It belongs to NISHKAM SCHOOLS MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. The school has a Sikh religious character. It opened in 31 August 2012.

School details

Principal

Co – Principal Chris Deeks Co – Principal Emma Wilks

Trust

NISHKAM SCHOOLS MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

Local authority

Birmingham

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Sikh

URN

138586

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Nishkam High School are handled by the school or the local authority (Birmingham). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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