City Academy

23 Langley Walk, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2EF

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About this school

City Academy is a Free schools serving secondary age pupils, located in Birmingham, West Midlands. The school has 615 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Requires improvement (graded inspection, 7 March 2023). Last inspected 10 February 2026. The Headteacher is Rebecca Bakewell. The school is administered by Birmingham local authority. It belongs to CORE EDUCATION TRUST. It opened in 1 September 2020.

School details

Head

Rebecca Bakewell

Trust

CORE EDUCATION TRUST

Local authority

Birmingham

Gender

Mixed

URN

148187

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at City Academy 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.

Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →

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