Academy converter · Birmingham

King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys

11–18Ages
1,054Pupils
SecondaryPhase
SelectiveGrammar school
BoysPupils
Sixth formAges 16–18
143562URN

Grove Lane, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 9ET · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

7.5per place

3.3 above Birmingham median (4.2)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BirminghamSelective

1,096 applications for 146 places · 9th of 83 in Birmingham

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

71.3of 90

Birmingham 45.3 England 46.0

7th of 88 in Birmingham

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 16 April 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education	Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management		Good
Sixth form provision		Good

Inspection history

16 April 2024
Graded inspection: Good
23 March 2022
Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns)

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

7.5applications per place, Year 7

3.3 above Birmingham median (4.2) 5.3 above England median (2.2)

1,096 applications · 146 places offered · 152 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

2026 7.5; Birmingham median median 4.2
2025 7.4; Birmingham median median 4.3
2024 7.8; Birmingham median median 4.0
2023 7.2; Birmingham median median 4.1
2022 7.1; Birmingham median median 4.5
2021 6.3; Birmingham median median 4.3
2020 6.9; Birmingham median median 4.8
2019 11.2; Birmingham median median 4.8
2018 7.6; Birmingham median median 4.6
2017 7.5; Birmingham median median 4.5; as the previous school
2016 7.1; Birmingham median median 3.8; as the previous school
2015 7.0; Birmingham median median 3.6; as the previous school
2014 7.2; Birmingham median median 3.5; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Birmingham median in 9 of 9 years.

This school
Birmingham median

Dashed bars: as Handsworth Grammar School (URN 103549), the previous school.

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	146	1,096	7.5	152	1.04
Sep 2025	150	1,114	7.4	142	0.95
Sep 2024	146	1,138	7.8	128	0.88
Sep 2023	147	1,058	7.2	122	0.83
Sep 2022	147	1,041	7.1	123	0.84
Sep 2021	152	952	6.3	98	0.64
Sep 2020	147	1,007	6.9	119	0.81
Sep 2019	117	1,307	11.2	263	2.25
Sep 2018	143	1,083	7.6	204	1.43
Sep 2017 *	145	1,085	7.5	188	1.30
Sep 2016 *	149	1,058	7.1	221	1.48
Sep 2015 *	149	1,045	7.0	248	1.66
Sep 2014 *	148	1,066	7.2	319	2.16

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

149 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)71.37th of 88 in Birmingham

Birmingham 45.3 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths98%5th 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)+0.78

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	149	71.3	98%	100%	–
2024/25	149	72.0	97%	99%	–
2023/24	150	72.0	93%	97%	+0.78
2022/23	149	71.4	97%	100%	+0.61

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 Grammar School for BoysThis school
This school

Good2024

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

Graded · no overall grade2024

6.0applications per place 76.2Attainment 8 Selective
Holyhead School
0.9 km · Birmingham

Standards maintained2025

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

Not yet inspected

1.7applications per place
King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy
1.1 km · Birmingham

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.3applications per place 46.4Attainment 8
St John Wall Catholic School
1.8 km · Birmingham

Good2023

3.3applications per place 50.2Attainment 8
Nishkam High School
2.0 km · Birmingham

Graded · no overall grade2025

9.3applications per place 52.0Attainment 8
Holte School
2.2 km · Birmingham

Good2023

4.2applications per place 42.1Attainment 8
Sandwell Academy
2.4 km · Sandwell

Good2024

5.7applications per place 49.0Attainment 8

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 143562 · 330/5402
Trust: King Edward Vi Academy Trust Birmingham
Admissions policy: Selective
Capacity: 1,000 pupils · 1,054 on roll
Free school meals: 18.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2017
Replaced: Handsworth Grammar School (URN 103549)
Address: Grove Lane, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 9ET
Local authority: Birmingham

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