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Selly Park Girls' School
Secondary · Girls · Ages 11–16 · Community school
5 Selly Park Road, Selly Park, Birmingham B29 7PH · sellyparkgirls.org · 0121 472 1238
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 52.4
- average Attainment 8 score. Birmingham 46.6, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 4.51 mi
- 7.26 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Birmingham Council
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 803
- 96% of 840 places
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 58.2%
- First language not English
- 81.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 4.51 mi (7.26 km) from the school. Source: Birmingham Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 90 families put the school first and 159 places were offered; 98% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 159 | 90 | 0.6 | 98% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 171 | 95 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 160 | 80 | 0.5 | 99% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 180 | 107 | 0.6 | 97% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 159 | 75 | 0.5 | 97% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 4.51 mi7.26 km | |
| September 2024 | 4.90 mi7.88 km | |
| September 2023 | 4.79 mi7.71 km | |
| September 2022 | 5.19 mi8.36 km | |
| September 2025 | All | |
Every applicant was offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 52.4, and 47.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Birmingham it was 46.6, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲52.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ●47.2% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲76.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲78.6% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.91 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 16.7 | +1.7 |
| Sixth form college | 40.4 | −16 |
| Further education | 38.5 | +12.8 |
| Other education | 0.6 | — |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3.2 | +0.3 |
| Activity not captured | 0.6 | — |
Ofsted
Selly Park Girls' School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 23 November 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 23 Nov 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jan 2009
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2009Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jun 2006Good
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (31 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Replies
- 31
- 4% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 16% who had a child bullied