The ten West Midlands schools which have made the most improvement over the last year can be revealed today. The rise has been detailed in the Fairer Schools Index which judges schools across a plethora of metrics.
Yesterday, we reported the 10 best schools in the region according to the index, which included four schools from Birmingham. Today, we can reveal the most improved – and a Birmingham school sits on the top of the pile.
King Edward VI Balaam Wood Academy in Rubery has climbed the most places between 2023 and 2024 on the Fairer Schools list. Researchers measured every school in the country against a series of additional performance metrics in a bid to improve on official DfE league tables and provide a clearer picture of top-performing schools, including those which face greater challenges and have to battle against the odds.
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Here is the most-improved list in full:
- King Edward VI Balaam Wood Academy, Birmingham (1396) – up 1,485 places
- Grace Academy Solihull, Solihull (366) – up 1,416 places
- Greenwood Academy, Birmingham (568) – up 1,387 places
- Moreton School, Wolverhampton (727) – up 1,356 places
- Ormiston Shelfield Community Academy, Walsall (1402) – up 1,265 places
- St Matthias School, Wolverhampton (557) – up 1,238 places
- Bartley Green School, Birmingham (1314) – up 1,229 places
- Brownhills Ormiston Academy, Walsall (1352) – up 1,149 places
- Ormiston SWB Academy, Wolverhampton (921) – up 1,138 places
- Turves Green Boys’ School, Birmingham (1612) – up 1,119 places
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Birmingham’s Eden Boys’ School and Eden Girls’ Leadership Academy were named near the top of the list, with The Steiner Academy, Hereford, number one in the Wider West Midlands.
Bloxwich Academy, in Walsall, also makes the overall top 10.
Supporters say the Fairer Schools Index goes some way to redress the “false narrative” of a north/south divide in Government league tables.