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Voluntary aided school · Birmingham

St Paul's School for Girls

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,033Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • GirlsPupils
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 103531URN

Vernon Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B16 9SL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded OutstandingMay 2017
School remains OutstandingUngraded inspection · Feb 2023
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
4.7per place
0.5 above Birmingham median (4.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BirminghamSelective

796 applications for 169 places · 34th of 83 in Birmingham
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
65.9of 90
9th of 88 in Birmingham
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded OutstandingMay 2017
School remains OutstandingUngraded inspection · Feb 2023

Inspection history

  1. 3 February 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding
  2. 9 May 2017
    Graded inspection: Outstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
4.7applications per place, Year 7
0.5 above Birmingham median (4.2) 2.5 above England median (2.2)

796 applications · 169 places offered · 270 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 4.7; Birmingham median median 4.2
  2. 2025 4.3; Birmingham median median 4.3
  3. 2024 4.7; Birmingham median median 4.0
  4. 2023 4.8; Birmingham median median 4.1
  5. 2022 4.6; Birmingham median median 4.5
  6. 2021 5.3; Birmingham median median 4.3
  7. 2020 5.6; Birmingham median median 4.8
  8. 2019 5.4; Birmingham median median 4.8
  9. 2018 4.9; Birmingham median median 4.6
  10. 2017 4.5; Birmingham median median 4.5
  11. 2016 4.0; Birmingham median median 3.8
  12. 2015 3.3; Birmingham median median 3.6
  13. 2014 3.5; Birmingham median median 3.5
More applications per place than the Birmingham median in 12 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Birmingham median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261697964.72701.60
Sep 20251667164.32151.30
Sep 20241647754.72361.44
Sep 20231657884.82381.44
Sep 20221647584.62061.26
Sep 20211658735.32571.56
Sep 20201649205.62491.52
Sep 20191598525.42401.51
Sep 20181668194.92361.42
Sep 20171607234.52141.34
Sep 20161656514.01971.19
Sep 20151655393.31600.97
Sep 20141665813.51510.91

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

167 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)65.99th of 88 in Birmingham
Grade 5 or above in English and maths82%10th of 88 in Birmingham
Grade 4 or above in English and maths93%
  • This school
  • Birmingham median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+1.23
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)16765.982%93%–
2024/2516461.070%87%–
2023/2416365.182%92%+1.23
2022/2316464.274%92%+1.38

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

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  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
103531 · 330/4606
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
1,000 pupils · 1,033 on roll
Free school meals
30.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Vernon Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B16 9SL
Local authority
Birmingham

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources