Bournville School is an Academy sponsor led serving all-through age pupils, located in Birmingham, West Midlands. The school has 691 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Requires improvement (graded inspection, 12 March 2024). Last inspected 12 March 2024. The Headteacher is Simon Mallett. The school is administered by Birmingham local authority. It belongs to FAIRFAX MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. It opened in 1 November 2014.
Applications for places at Bournville 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)
36.5
Attainment 8 · 2024-25
−0.78
Progress 8 · 2023-24
30%
Grade 5+ in English & maths · 2024-25
48%
Grade 4+ in English & maths · 2024-25
2.99
EBacc average point score · 2024-25
12%
Entering the EBacc · 2024-25
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.
The expected standard means pupils reached the level the Department for Education expects in reading, writing and maths combined by the end of primary school.
The higher standard means pupils achieved a high score in reading and maths and were working at greater depth in writing.