Secondary
King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls
Knightlow Road, Harborne, Birmingham, B17 8QB
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Girls
- Pupils
- 989 of 1070 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.3
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- KING EDWARD VI ACADEMY TRUST BIRMINGHAM
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 66.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 81.4
- Pupils per adult
- 11.7
- Pupils
- 949
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
March 2022
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
60%
14 points above the Birmingham average (46% across 87 schools)
56.8
9.5 above the Birmingham average (47.3 across 87 schools)
16th of 88 by our score, among the secondary schools in Birmingham we can score - 112 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 56.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 5.36 |
| Entered the EBacc | 97% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 83% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 60% |
| A level average points per entry | 29.78 |
| A level students | 70 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 65% |
| 22/23 | 64% |
| 23/24 | 66% |
| 24/25 | 60% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 39.5 |
| 22/23 | 30.7 |
| 23/24 | 34.6 |
| 24/25 | 29.8 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.70 |
| 22/23 | +0.94 |
| 23/24 | +0.75 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 56.2 |
| 22/23 | 55.8 |
| 23/24 | 53.7 |
| 24/25 | 56.8 |
Knightlow Road, Harborne, Birmingham, B17 8QB
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Birmingham admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Kerry Cooney
- Address
- Knightlow Road, Harborne, Birmingham, B17 8QB
- Telephone
- 01214292838