Free school · Birmingham
Christ Church, Church of England Secondary Academy
- Secondary
- Ages 11–18
- Church of England
Term dates
Free schools can set their own term dates. Many follow Birmingham council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.
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How places are given: as a Church of England school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.
How many families applied: Year 7
For September 2026, 83 families put this school as their first choice, and 117 places were offered. 83 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 117 | 83 | 100% |
| September 2025 | 117 | 81 | 100% |
| September 2024 | 209 | 149 | 100% |
Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.
Ofsted inspection
Latest graded inspection, 21 May 2024. Overall: Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Free school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Pupils
- 829 (capacity 1150)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Birmingham
- Academy trust
- BIRMINGHAM DIOCESAN MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Phone
- 01213933678
- Address
- 6 Dale View Road, Birmingham, B14 4HN
- Website
- christchurchsecondary.org.uk
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.