King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy
Church Lane, Birmingham, B20 2HL
1,052 pupils · 103% of 1,021 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- KING EDWARD VI ACADEMY TRUST BIRMINGHAM
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 55.9%
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 | 48 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 45.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 70.6% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 68.1% |
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?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.01 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 175 | 176 | 571 | 175 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 176 | 148 | 545 | 176 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 174 | 156 | 564 | 174 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 175 | 149 | 543 | 175 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 174 | 135 | 516 | 174 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 175 | 143 | 525 | 175 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 159 | 168 | 598 | 159 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 160 | 175 | 772 | 160 |
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
- King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys 1.1 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- King Edward VI Handsworth School 1.3 km · No overall grade (2024)
- St John Wall Catholic School 1.5 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Holyhead School 1.5 km · Good (2020) · previous system
- Windsor Olympus Academy 2 km · No Ofsted rating
- Hamstead Hall Academy 2 km · Good (2024) · 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.