School profile
Aston University Engineering Academy
1 Lister Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B7 4AG
Overview
Aston University Engineering Academy is a state-funded school (university technical college) in Birmingham, West Midlands, for pupils aged 13–19. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- University technical college
- Establishment group
- Free Schools
- Phase of education
- Secondary
- Age range
- Ages 13–19
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School capacity
- 600
- Pupils on roll
- 1,010
- URN
- 138222
Admissions
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Academy trust or group
- ASTON UNIVERSITY STEM EDUCATION ACADEMY TRUST
Contact the school or your local authority for catchment and application deadlines.
School places
DfE school capacity survey · May 2025 (2024/25)
- Capacity at survey date
- 850
- Pupils on roll
- 870
- Unfilled places at survey date
- 0
A dated snapshot from the Department for Education school capacity survey, separate from the school details above. Unfilled places at the survey date do not mean places are currently available for admission. About this data
Official performance data
School performance
Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.
2024/25 results
Attainment 8 score
- School
- 44.1
- England
- 47.1
Pupils included: 81
Grade 5 or above in English & maths
- School
- 48.1%
- England
- 46.5%
Pupils included: 81
Grade 4 or above in English & maths
- School
- 72.8%
- England
- 66.4%
Pupils included: 81
Entering the EBacc
- School
- 0%
- England
- 41.5%
Pupils included: 81
Progress 8 was not published for 2024/25.
Source: Department for Education · School performance data.
Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted report card
Inspected 24 February 2026 · Published 26 April 2026
Renewed education inspection framework
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Early years (where applicable)
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision (where applicable)
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
Previous inspection information
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 12 January 2022 · Published 3 February 2022
Overall effectiveness: Good
Safeguarding was effective: Yes
Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.
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Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
Location
- Address
- 1 Lister Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B7 4AG
- Local authority
- Birmingham
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