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King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls

Knightlow Road, Harborne, Birmingham, West Midlands, B17 8QB

Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 8 May 2024). Last inspected 8 May 2024.

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968
Pupils
29.1%
Free school meals
1 April 2011
Opened

About this school

King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Birmingham, West Midlands. The school has 968 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 8 May 2024). Last inspected 8 May 2024. The Headteacher is Kerry Cooney. The school is administered by Birmingham local authority. It belongs to KING EDWARD VI ACADEMY TRUST BIRMINGHAM. The school has girls-only admissions. It opened in 1 April 2011.

School details

Headteacher
Kerry Cooney
Trust
KING EDWARD VI ACADEMY TRUST BIRMINGHAM
Local authority
Birmingham
Gender
Girls
URN
136592

Admissions

Applications for places at King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls are handled by the school or the local authority (Birmingham). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

56.8
Attainment 8 · 2024-25
+0.75
Progress 8 · 2023-24
60%
Grade 5+ in English & maths · 2024-25
83%
Grade 4+ in English & maths · 2024-25
5.36
EBacc average point score · 2024-25
97%
Entering the EBacc · 2024-25
  • Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
  • Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
  • Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
  • EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →

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