Secondary
King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy
Church Lane, Handsworth, Birmingham, B20 2HL
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Girls
- Pupils
- 1052 of 1021 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- KING EDWARD VI ACADEMY TRUST BIRMINGHAM
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 65.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 86.8
- Pupils per adult
- 12.2
- Pupils
- 1,058
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 March 2025
- 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)GCSE results
46%
Level with the Birmingham average (46% across 87 schools)
48.0
0.7 above the Birmingham average (47.3 across 87 schools)
30th 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 | 48 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.45 |
| Entered the EBacc | 68% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 71% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46% |
| A level average points per entry | 24.78 |
| A level students | 93 |
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 | 54% |
| 22/23 | 49% |
| 23/24 | 45% |
| 24/25 | 46% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 28.5 |
| 22/23 | 21.0 |
| 23/24 | 29.5 |
| 24/25 | 24.8 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.56 |
| 22/23 | +0.49 |
| 23/24 | +0.43 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 51.0 |
| 22/23 | 49.0 |
| 23/24 | 50.0 |
| 24/25 | 48.0 |
Church Lane, Handsworth, Birmingham, B20 2HL
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
- Kiran Takhar
- Address
- Church Lane, Handsworth, Birmingham, B20 2HL
- Telephone
- 01215548122