Nishkam High School
Great King Street North, Birmingham, B19 2LF
668 pupils · 95% of 700 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Sikh
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- NISHKAM SCHOOLS MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 30.1%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 11 March 2025, published 5 May 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 51.3 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 54.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 75.9% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 78.7% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.94 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 120 | 233 | 1,119 | 120 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 107 | 196 | 994 | 107 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 106 | 204 | 1,025 | 106 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 108 | 200 | 1,045 | 108 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 97 | 210 | 1,037 | 97 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 101 | 190 | 921 | 101 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 101 | 208 | 965 | 101 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 95 | 215 | 932 | 95 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Holte School 0.7 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Aston Manor Academy 1.2 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- King Edward VI Handsworth School 1.3 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Jewellery Quarter Academy 1.4 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Aston University Engineering Academy 1.6 km · Most areas: Strong standard (2026)
- King Edward VI Aston School 1.7 km · Outstanding (2022) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.