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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 29 January 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 2 July 2019Graded inspection: Outstanding
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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 entry883 applications · 160 places offered · 203 named it first
- 2026 5.5; Birmingham median median 4.2
- 2025 5.2; Birmingham median median 4.3
- 2024 5.1; Birmingham median median 4.0
- 2023 5.2; Birmingham median median 4.1
- 2022 5.3; Birmingham median median 4.5
- 2021 5.5; Birmingham median median 4.3
- 2020 5.6; Birmingham median median 4.8
- 2019 5.2; Birmingham median median 4.8
- 2018 4.6; Birmingham median median 4.6
- 2017 4.5; Birmingham median median 4.5
- 2016 3.8; Birmingham median median 3.8
- 2015 3.4; Birmingham median median 3.6
- 2014 3.0; Birmingham median median 3.5
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 160 | 883 | 5.5 | 203 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2025 | 160 | 827 | 5.2 | 178 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2024 | 160 | 823 | 5.1 | 182 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2023 | 165 | 862 | 5.2 | 197 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2022 | 160 | 850 | 5.3 | 226 | 1.41 |
| Sep 2021 | 160 | 885 | 5.5 | 210 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2020 | 160 | 902 | 5.6 | 212 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2019 | 159 | 827 | 5.2 | 205 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2018 | 158 | 722 | 4.6 | 174 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2017 | 160 | 718 | 4.5 | 187 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2016 | 160 | 614 | 3.8 | 172 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2015 | 160 | 547 | 3.4 | 128 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2014 | 150 | 455 | 3.0 | 111 | 0.74 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 159 | 51.4 | 57% | 77% | – |
| 2024/25 | 159 | 56.6 | 61% | 82% | – |
| 2023/24 | 157 | 57.8 | 68% | 83% | +0.64 |
| 2022/23 | 155 | 58.1 | 63% | 86% | +0.67 |
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
- Kings Norton Girls' SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20255.5applications per place 51.4Attainment 8
- 0.6 km · BirminghamGood20234.1applications per place 48.1Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · BirminghamGood20238.7applications per place 41.9Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · BirminghamRequires improvement202416.0applications per place 37.5Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · BirminghamRemains Good20243.9applications per place 50.9Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · BirminghamRemains Good202310.8applications per place 47.8Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · BirminghamGood20224.3applications per place 55.6Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · Birmingham20266.1applications per place 78.8Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.5 km · BirminghamOutstanding20235.5applications per place 78.4Attainment 8 Selective
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136590 · 330/5414
- Trust
- West Midlands Academy Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,075 pupils · 1,076 on roll
- Free school meals
- 26.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2011
- Replaced
- Kings Norton Girls' School and Language College (URN 103561)
- Address
- Selly Oak Road, Kings Norton, Birmingham, B30 1HW
- Local authority
- Birmingham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources