King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.72 miles
Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls is a secondary school in Birmingham for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 May 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls 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 | 1.72 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
- Year 7 2026: the last child offered a place lived 1.72 miles away, the 10th longest of 40 Birmingham secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was further out than in 2025 and 2021, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 6 years with a published distance.
- In 2026, Year 7 had 117 first-choice applications for 165 offers; 102 offers went to first-choice families and 15 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 60% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd 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
- Knightlow Road, Harborne, Birmingham, B17 8QB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 989 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 May 2024
Strengths
- “This welcoming and empowering school inspires pupils to reach their potential.”
- “Pupils are ready to learn, respectful in conversation and resilient in the face of challenges.”
- “Pupils know staff are there to help them when they need it.”
To improve
- “Therefore, pupils are not benefiting from a sustained experience over time, this includes personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education.”
- “However due to their prior experience, there is variability in their understanding of some PSHE topics.”
- “Differences exist in how well this is being implemented.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 June 2024 (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) | 60% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 56.8 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | 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: 117 first-preference applications, 165 offers in total, 102 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.
- Lordswood Boys' School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- George Dixon Academy 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Paul's School for Girls 1.1 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Harborne Academy 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hillcrest School and Sixth Form Centre 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lift Four Dwellings Secondary 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Jewellery Quarter Academy 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The University of Birmingham School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published