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Lordswood Boys' School
Secondary · Boys · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Hagley Road, Harborne, Birmingham B17 8BJ · lordswoodboys.co.uk · 0121 464 2837
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Feb 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 43.3
- average Attainment 8 score. Birmingham 46.6, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Birmingham Council
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 659
- 88% of 750 places
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 45.6%
- First language not English
- 42.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Birmingham Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 68 families put the school first and 112 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 112 | 68 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 116 | 71 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 127 | 62 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 99 | 49 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 113 | 39 | 0.3 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 43.3, and 45.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼43.3 | 46.0 | ||
| ●45.4% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼59.8% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼34.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.84 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 139157)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 26.7 | +11.8 |
| Sixth form college | 12.4 | +10.9 |
| Further education | 40 | −21.2 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.9 | — |
| Employment | 1 | — |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.6 | −4.3 |
| Activity not captured | 10.5 | +3 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Lordswood Boys' School on 3 February 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 3 Feb 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 139157), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2022Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Oct 2016Inadequate
Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 139157)
What parents said
75% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (28 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 75%
- Positive
- 68%
- Replies
- 28
- 4% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 93% who raised concerns
based on 7 parents (25%) whose child was bullied
based on 5 parents (18%) with SEND