Academy converter · Birmingham

Bishop Vesey's Grammar School

11–18Ages
1,455Pupils
SecondaryPhase
SelectiveGrammar school
BoysPupils
Sixth formAges 16–18
137988URN

Lichfield Road, Sutton Coldfield, B74 2NH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2024 Previous framework

Outstanding

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

5.6per place

1.3 above Birmingham median (4.2)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BirminghamSelective

1,059 applications for 190 places · 26th of 83 in Birmingham

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

79.5of 90

Birmingham 45.3 England 46.0

2nd of 88 in Birmingham

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 30 April 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education	Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes	Outstanding
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management	Outstanding
Sixth form provision	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

5.6applications per place, Year 7

1.3 above Birmingham median (4.2) 3.3 above England median (2.2)

1,059 applications · 190 places offered · 306 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

2026 5.6; Birmingham median median 4.2
2025 6.0; Birmingham median median 4.3
2024 6.3; Birmingham median median 4.0
2023 5.7; Birmingham median median 4.1
2022 5.5; Birmingham median median 4.5
2021 5.1; Birmingham median median 4.3
2020 5.6; Birmingham median median 4.8
2019 7.4; Birmingham median median 4.8
2018 6.5; Birmingham median median 4.6
2017 6.2; Birmingham median median 4.5
2016 6.1; Birmingham median median 3.8
2015 6.4; Birmingham median median 3.6
2014 9.0; 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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	190	1,059	5.6	306	1.61
Sep 2025	187	1,126	6.0	338	1.81
Sep 2024	189	1,181	6.3	340	1.80
Sep 2023	188	1,077	5.7	293	1.56
Sep 2022	190	1,042	5.5	292	1.54
Sep 2021	187	958	5.1	233	1.25
Sep 2020	186	1,032	5.6	267	1.44
Sep 2019	153	1,131	7.4	263	1.72
Sep 2018	155	1,003	6.5	228	1.47
Sep 2017	159	992	6.2	234	1.47
Sep 2016	160	978	6.1	306	1.91
Sep 2015	158	1,007	6.4	289	1.83
Sep 2014	126	1,139	9.0	366	2.90

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

191 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)79.52nd of 88 in Birmingham

Birmingham 45.3 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths98%4th of 88 in Birmingham

Birmingham 46% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths100%

Birmingham 65% England 66%

This school
Birmingham median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.75

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	191	79.5	98%	100%	–
2024/25	191	77.1	97%	97%	–
2023/24	191	75.8	98%	100%	+0.75
2022/23	159	75.2	99%	100%	+0.73

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

Bishop Vesey's Grammar SchoolThis school
This school

Outstanding2024

5.6applications per place 79.5Attainment 8 Selective
Plantsbrook School
1.2 km · Birmingham

Standards maintained2025

6.2applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls
1.7 km · Birmingham

Good2022

6.1applications per place 80.5Attainment 8 Selective
Fairfax
1.9 km · Birmingham

Good2024

5.5applications per place 48.5Attainment 8
The Royal Sutton School
2.0 km · Birmingham

Good2023

6.9applications per place 39.8Attainment 8
The Arthur Terry School
2.4 km · Birmingham

Good2022

4.9applications per place 52.6Attainment 8
Bishop Walsh Catholic School
2.5 km · Birmingham

Standards maintained2025

7.2applications per place 54.8Attainment 8
The Streetly Academy
4.1 km · Walsall

Good2022

3.8applications per place 42.9Attainment 8
St Edmund Campion Catholic School
4.3 km · Birmingham

Standards maintained2025

3.6applications per place 41.1Attainment 8

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 137988 · 330/4660
Trust: Bishop Vesey's Grammar School
Admissions policy: Selective
Capacity: 1,360 pupils · 1,455 on roll
Free school meals: 14.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 April 2012
Replaced: Bishop Vesey's Grammar School (URN 103535)
Address: Lichfield Road, Sutton Coldfield, B74 2NH
Local authority: Birmingham

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