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King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy

Secondary · Girls · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Church Lane, Handsworth, Birmingham B20 2HL · hwga.org.uk · 0121 554 8122

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
48
average Attainment 8 score. Birmingham 46.6, England 46
Last distance offered
1.29 mi
2.08 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Birmingham Council
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,052
31 over 1,021 places · 103%
Local authority
Birmingham
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
55.9%
First language not English
60.9%
School census 2025/26
Trust
King Edward Vi Academy Trust Birmingham

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 1.29 mi (2.08 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 1.92 mi (3.08 km). Source: Birmingham Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 176 families put the school first and 175 places were offered; 77% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

Demand for places

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 135 (Places 174)135September 2023: 149 (Places 175)149September 2024: 156 (Places 174)156September 2025: 148 (Places 176)148September 2026: 176 (Places 175)176Places 175
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261751761▲77%
September 2025Sept 20251761480.891%
September 2024Sept 20241741560.984%
September 2023Sept 20231751490.985%
September 2022Sept 20221741350.894%

Last distance offered

Year 7Distance
September 20261.29 mi2.08 km
September 20251.92 mi3.08 km
September 20241.59 mi2.55 km
September 20231.54 mi2.47 km
September 20221.55 mi2.50 km

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 48, and 45.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Birmingham it was 46.6, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade D+ (24.8 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 41.7 (England 46.3)41.72017/18: 44.1 (England 46.5)44.12018/19: 45.9 (England 46.7)45.92021/22: 51.0 (England 48.8)51.02022/23: 49.0 (England 46.3)49.02023/24: 50.0 (England 45.9)50.02024/25: 48.0 (England 46.0)48.0England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
●4846
●45.6%45.4%
▲70.6%64.8%
▲68.1%40.5%
▲4.454.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form58.1+1.2
Sixth form college6.3+3.7
Further education30−3.3
Other education0.6—
Apprenticeship0.6−0.1
Not in a lasting destination3.1+1.1
Activity not captured1.3−3.3

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 17.1 (England 30.5)D-2016/17: 23.2 (England 31.1)D+2017/18: 24.7 (England 32.1)D+2018/19: 26.6 (England 32.9)C-2021/22: 28.5 (England 37.9)C2022/23: 21.0 (England 34.2)D2023/24: 29.5 (England 34.4)C2024/25: 24.8 (England 35.0)D+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
93 studentsD+ (24.8)Below average -0.60
95 studentsC- (25.5)Below average -0.56
43 studentsDist- (31.5)Average +0.07
3.3%AAB or better
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2487C (29.5)-0.14
2022/2359D (21)—
2021/2272C (28.5)—
2018/1926C- (26.6)-0.07
2017/1823D+ (24.7)-0.03
2016/1752D+ (23.2)-0.12
2015/1664D- (17.1)-0.25

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University62+1
Further and other education6.5+0.8
Further education3.3−0.5
Other education3.3+1.4
Apprenticeship4.3+1.4
Employment8.7+0.1
Not in a lasting destination13−1.3
Activity not captured5.4−2.2

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy on 11 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
11 Mar 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, May 2014

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Oct 2019Monitoring visit
    SafeguardingMet

Before September 2019

  • May 2014Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
  • Jan 2011Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement

What parents said

79% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (29 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
79%
Replies
29
3% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼83% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe●89% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼72% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼80% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼79% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼62% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼72% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼86% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼72% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼76% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼73% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 79% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼44% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 48% who had a child bullied

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