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King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys

Secondary · Boys · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Grove Lane, Handsworth, Birmingham B21 9ET · handsworth.bham.sch.uk · 0121 554 2794

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Apr 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
72
average Attainment 8 score. Birmingham 46.6, England 46
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,054
54 over 1,000 places · 105%
Local authority
Birmingham
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Selective
Free school meals
18.7%
First language not English
21.6%
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, 152 families put the school first and 146 places were offered; 42% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 123 (Places 147)123September 2023: 122 (Places 147)122September 2024: 128 (Places 146)128September 2025: 142 (Places 150)142September 2026: 152 (Places 146)152Places 146
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261461521▲42%
September 2025Sept 20251501420.936%
September 2024Sept 20241461280.944%
September 2023Sept 20231471220.844%
September 2022Sept 20221471230.852%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 72, and 96.6% 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 B (40.5 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: 65.8 (England 46.3)65.82017/18: 64.6 (England 46.5)64.62018/19: 67.4 (England 46.7)67.42021/22: 70.4 (England 48.8)70.42022/23: 71.4 (England 46.3)71.42023/24: 72.0 (England 45.9)72.02024/25: 72.0 (England 46.0)72.0England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲7246
▲96.6%45.4%
▲98.7%64.8%
▲57.0%40.5%
▲6.594.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 103549)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form80.7−1.6
Sixth form college12.7+7.9
Further education4.7−5.5
Activity not captured2—

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: 33.3 (England 30.5)C+2016/17: 33.6 (England 31.1)C+2017/18: 31.6 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 32.5 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 39.2 (England 37.9)B2022/23: 33.5 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 37.8 (England 34.4)B-2024/25: 40.5 (England 35.0)BEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
131 studentsB (40.5)Above average +0.13
131 studentsB (40.5)Above average +0.13
31.3%AAB or better
96.4%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24156B- (37.8)-0.04
2022/23146C+ (33.5)—
2021/22141B (39.2)—
2018/19152C+ (32.5)-0.30
2017/18130C (31.6)-0.25
2016/17139C+ (33.6)+0.10
2015/16134C+ (33.3)+0.14

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University67.9−0.2
Further and other education5.70
Further education1.3−0.1
Other education4.4+0.1
Apprenticeship5−1.4
Employment2.5−6
Not in a lasting destination11.3+4.2
Activity not captured7.5+3.2

Ofsted

King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 16 April 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
16 Apr 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Mar 2022

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Mar 2022Ungraded inspectionConcerns
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Jan 2017Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Feb 2013Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood

What parents said

90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (50 replies, to 7 April 2025).

Recommend
90%
Replies
50
5% · 7 Apr 2025
Child is happy at school▲94% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▲94% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved●84% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲92% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▲96% agreeEngland 88%
Told what child will learn▼78% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▲94% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼88% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●90% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development●80% agreeEngland 80%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲85% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 68% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼46% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 26% who had a child bullied

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