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King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,059Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • SelectiveGrammar school
  • BoysPupils
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137045URN

Vicarage Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7QJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2023 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
5.5per place
1.3 above Birmingham median (4.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BirminghamSelective

826 applications for 150 places · 29th of 83 in Birmingham
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
78.4of 90
5th of 88 in Birmingham
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 22 November 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

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
5.5applications per place, Year 7
1.3 above Birmingham median (4.2) 3.3 above England median (2.2)

826 applications · 150 places offered · 290 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

  1. 2026 5.5; Birmingham median median 4.2
  2. 2025 5.8; Birmingham median median 4.3
  3. 2024 5.9; Birmingham median median 4.0
  4. 2023 6.2; Birmingham median median 4.1
  5. 2022 5.5; Birmingham median median 4.5
  6. 2021 6.7; Birmingham median median 4.3
  7. 2020 6.4; Birmingham median median 4.8
  8. 2019 8.3; Birmingham median median 4.8
  9. 2018 4.9; Birmingham median median 4.6
  10. 2017 5.2; Birmingham median median 4.5
  11. 2016 6.0; Birmingham median median 3.8
  12. 2015 6.6; Birmingham median median 3.6
  13. 2014 5.2; Birmingham median median 3.5
More applications per place than the Birmingham median in 13 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261508265.52901.93
Sep 20251498685.83472.33
Sep 20241508785.93442.29
Sep 20231499166.23752.52
Sep 20221508255.53112.07
Sep 20211218116.73352.77
Sep 20201519596.43722.46
Sep 2019998228.33333.36
Sep 20181487194.93062.07
Sep 20171497815.23672.46
Sep 20161176996.03312.83
Sep 20151177766.63863.30
Sep 20141477675.23972.70

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

120 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)78.45th of 88 in Birmingham
Grade 5 or above in English and maths98%7th of 88 in Birmingham
Grade 4 or above in English and maths100%
  • This school
  • Birmingham median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+1.09
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)12078.498%100%–
2024/2514875.797%99%–
2023/2411983.3100%100%+1.09
2022/2312083.3100%100%+1.02

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

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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
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
137045 · 330/5407
Trust
King Edward Vi Academy Trust Birmingham
Admissions policy
Selective
Capacity
950 pupils · 1,059 on roll
Free school meals
28.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 August 2011
Replaced
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys (URN 103554)
Address
Vicarage Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7QJ
Local authority
Birmingham

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