Kings Norton Girls' School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.14 miles
Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Kings Norton Girls' School is a secondary school in Birmingham for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 29 January 2025. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
Kings Norton Girls' 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 | 1.14 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 Year 7 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.14 miles away, the 20th longest of 40 Birmingham secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was about the same as in 2025, nearer than in 2021, and stayed close to the year before in every year with a published distance.
- For Year 7 2026, 203 first-choice applications for 160 offers; 143 offers went to first-choice families and 60 first-choice families (30%) were not offered a place.
- 2024/25: 61% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Birmingham.
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
- Selly Oak Road, Kings Norton, Birmingham, B30 1HW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 1,076 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 29 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at Kings Norton Girls’ School.”
- “As one pupil, typical of many, stated ‘this school feels like a community’.”
- “This is because there is a deep commitment by adults to provide high-quality experiences for pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 March 2025 (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) | 61% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 56.6 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
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: 203 first-preference applications, 160 offers in total, 143 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.
- King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The University of Birmingham School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Selly Park Girls' School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys 1.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls 1.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- E-ACT Shenley Academy 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published