East Birmingham Network Academy
Free schools alternative provision school in Birmingham (Birmingham).
Location
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It is my privilege to lead a team of highly trained and dedicated staff whose aim is to ensure that all of our students experience an educational journey that is positive and enriching. Many of our students have found the mainstream school setting challenging but develop a new attitude towards education at our academy.
Our core belief is that there should be "No Loss to Learning" and "No-One Left Behind and we operate our Academy on the principles of high expectations, integrity, tolerance and respect for others, constantly reinforcing these principles with the students as a way of life.
We offer a curriculum that aims to ensure all students achieve GCSE and vocational qualifications in between 5-8 subjects including English and Maths and we value deeply the possibilities that these outcomes will offer our students in their further education, employment or training.
We provide high quality teaching, a regular and robust assessment process, enrichment activities, educational events and warm and welcoming environment for students, parents and all visitors.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Key facts
- URN
- 138775
- Type
- Free schools alternative provision
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Ages
- 13 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Yardley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2012
Governing body (5 current, 0 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.1 governor is linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Jill Saunders Confirmed same person | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by trustees | since 2024 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Steve Hobson | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Joshua Lawrence | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Naila Suleman | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ms Charlotte Kennedy | Local Governance Professional - Individual Academy or Free SchoolGovernance professional | since 2025 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record