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King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy

11–18Ages
1,052Pupils
SecondaryPhase
GirlsPupils
Sixth formAges 16–18
138937URN

Church Lane, Handsworth, Birmingham, B20 2HL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

3.3per place

1.0 below Birmingham median (4.2)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BirminghamSelective

571 applications for 175 places · 68th of 83 in Birmingham

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

46.4of 90

Birmingham 45.3 England 46.0

39th of 88 in Birmingham

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 11 March 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Sixth form provision		Good

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

3.3applications per place, Year 7

1.0 below Birmingham median (4.2) 1.0 above England median (2.2)

571 applications · 175 places offered · 176 named it first

2026 3.3; Birmingham median median 4.2
2025 3.1; Birmingham median median 4.3
2024 3.2; Birmingham median median 4.0
2023 3.1; Birmingham median median 4.1
2022 3.0; Birmingham median median 4.5
2021 3.0; Birmingham median median 4.3
2020 3.8; Birmingham median median 4.8
2019 4.8; Birmingham median median 4.8
2018 4.4; Birmingham median median 4.6
2017 3.8; Birmingham median median 4.5
2016 3.5; Birmingham median median 3.8
2015 3.4; Birmingham median median 3.6
2014 3.4; Birmingham median median 3.5

More applications per place than the Birmingham median in 0 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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	175	571	3.3	176	1.01
Sep 2025	176	545	3.1	148	0.84
Sep 2024	174	564	3.2	156	0.90
Sep 2023	175	543	3.1	149	0.85
Sep 2022	174	516	3.0	135	0.78
Sep 2021	175	525	3.0	143	0.82
Sep 2020	159	598	3.8	168	1.06
Sep 2019	160	772	4.8	175	1.09
Sep 2018	159	697	4.4	141	0.89
Sep 2017	160	613	3.8	146	0.91
Sep 2016	160	559	3.5	146	0.91
Sep 2015	150	511	3.4	117	0.78
Sep 2014	140	470	3.4	124	0.89

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

174 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)46.439th of 88 in Birmingham

Birmingham 45.3 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths45%47th of 88 in Birmingham

Birmingham 46% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths63%

Birmingham 65% England 66%

This school
Birmingham median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.43

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	174	46.4	45%	63%	–
2024/25	160	48.0	46%	71%	–
2023/24	160	50.0	45%	69%	+0.43
2022/23	159	49.0	49%	69%	+0.49

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 Handsworth Wood Girls' AcademyThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.3applications per place 46.4Attainment 8
King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys
1.1 km · Birmingham

Good2024

7.5applications per place 71.3Attainment 8 Selective
King Edward VI Handsworth School
1.3 km · Birmingham

Graded · no overall grade2024

6.0applications per place 76.2Attainment 8 Selective
St John Wall Catholic School
1.5 km · Birmingham

Good2023

3.3applications per place 50.2Attainment 8
Holyhead School
1.5 km · Birmingham

Standards maintained2025

3.4applications per place 43.6Attainment 8
Windsor Olympus Academy
2.0 km · Sandwell

Not yet inspected

1.7applications per place
Hamstead Hall Academy
2.0 km · Birmingham

Good2024

4.1applications per place 40.6Attainment 8
Broadway Academy
2.3 km · Birmingham

Good2022

4.7applications per place 41.9Attainment 8
Eden Boys' School, Birmingham
2.3 km · Birmingham

Standards maintained2024

8.6applications per place 62.2Attainment 8

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 138937 · 330/4207
Trust: King Edward Vi Academy Trust Birmingham
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 1,021 pupils · 1,052 on roll
Free school meals: 55.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 November 2012
Replaced: Handsworth Wood Girls' School (URN 103505)
Address: Church Lane, Handsworth, Birmingham, B20 2HL
Local authority: Birmingham

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