Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in BirminghamSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Exceptional | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Exceptional | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Exceptional | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Exceptional | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Exceptional | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 24 March 2026Report card · 5 Exceptional, 2 Strong standard
- 17 November 2021Graded 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 entry921 applications · 150 places offered · 337 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 6.1; Birmingham median median 4.2
- 2025 5.7; Birmingham median median 4.3
- 2024 5.8; Birmingham median median 4.0
- 2023 5.8; Birmingham median median 4.1
- 2022 5.9; Birmingham median median 4.5
- 2021 5.0; Birmingham median median 4.3
- 2020 6.1; Birmingham median median 4.8
- 2019 6.6; Birmingham median median 4.8
- 2018 6.3; Birmingham median median 4.6
- 2017 5.7; Birmingham median median 4.5
- 2016 5.9; Birmingham median median 3.8
- 2015 5.8; Birmingham median median 3.6
- 2014 5.3; Birmingham median median 3.5
- This school
- Birmingham median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates
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 | 150 | 921 | 6.1 | 337 | 2.25 |
| Sep 2025 | 150 | 852 | 5.7 | 309 | 2.06 |
| Sep 2024 | 150 | 871 | 5.8 | 299 | 1.99 |
| Sep 2023 | 149 | 858 | 5.8 | 322 | 2.16 |
| Sep 2022 | 150 | 877 | 5.9 | 314 | 2.09 |
| Sep 2021 | 150 | 754 | 5.0 | 287 | 1.91 |
| Sep 2020 | 151 | 922 | 6.1 | 333 | 2.21 |
| Sep 2019 | 139 | 918 | 6.6 | 339 | 2.44 |
| Sep 2018 | 148 | 927 | 6.3 | 348 | 2.35 |
| Sep 2017 | 148 | 837 | 5.7 | 316 | 2.14 |
| Sep 2016 | 147 | 872 | 5.9 | 378 | 2.57 |
| Sep 2015 | 147 | 856 | 5.8 | 375 | 2.55 |
| Sep 2014 | 159 | 844 | 5.3 | 412 | 2.59 |
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.) | 150 | 78.8 | 97% | 99% | – |
| 2024/25 | 148 | 80.4 | 98% | 100% | – |
| 2023/24 | 148 | 82.3 | 100% | 100% | +0.96 |
| 2022/23 | 149 | 81.2 | 99% | 100% | +0.90 |
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
- King Edward VI Camp Hill School for GirlsThis schoolThis school20266.1applications per place 78.8Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.0 km · BirminghamOutstanding20235.5applications per place 78.4Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.9 km · Birmingham20265.2applications per place 51.9Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · BirminghamGraded · no overall grade20254.6applications per place 48.2Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · BirminghamGood20236.4applications per place 50.1Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · BirminghamGood20224.3applications per place 55.6Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · BirminghamGood20236.2applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · BirminghamRemains Outstanding20243.1applications per place 53.3Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · BirminghamStandards maintained20255.5applications per place 51.4Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137044 · 330/5406
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 896 pupils · 1,118 on roll
- Free school meals
- 30.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 August 2011
- Replaced
- King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls (URN 103553)
- Address
- Vicarage Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7QJ
- Local authority
- Birmingham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources