Kings Heath Secondary School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.66 miles
Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Kings Heath Secondary School is a secondary school in Birmingham for ages 11–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 March 2023. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
Kings Heath Secondary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 2.66 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026, the last Year 7 offer went to a child living 2.66 miles away, the 5th longest of 40 Birmingham secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The Year 7 last distance in 2026 was further than in 2025 and 2024, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 116 first-choice applications for 168 offers; 112 offers went to first-choice families and 4 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 40% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 40 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Birmingham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Chamberlain Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B13 0QP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 794 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 51.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and considerate at Kings Heath Boys school.”
- “They value their schooling and take care to be polite and well behaved.”
- “Consequently, disruption in lessons is rare.”
To improve
- “On occasion, a few of these pupils do not have work that is suitably adapted to their needs.”
- “Sometimes, a few pupils may be unkind.”
- “Leaders meet the requirements of the key stage 3 national curriculum except in a few areas.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 May 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 40% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 40 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 116 first-preference applications, 168 offers in total, 112 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Birmingham.
- Wheelers Lane Technology College 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Swanshurst School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bishop Challoner Catholic College 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Christ Church, Church of England Secondary Academy 1.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Queensbridge School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Moseley School and Sixth Form 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published