King Edward VI Handsworth School

Rose Hill Road, Birmingham, West Midlands, B21 9AR

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About this school

King Edward VI Handsworth School is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Birmingham, West Midlands. The school has 1,324 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (last overall grade). Last inspected 17 December 2024. The Headteacher is David Goodwin. 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 August 2011.

School details

Headteacher

David Goodwin

Trust

KING EDWARD VI ACADEMY TRUST BIRMINGHAM

Local authority

Birmingham

Gender

Girls

URN

137047

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at King Edward VI Handsworth School 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)

• 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.

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