Lordswood Boys' School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Birmingham City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lordswood Boys' School is a secondary school in Birmingham for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
Lordswood Boys' 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as at 29 of the 78 other Birmingham secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- 2024/25: 45% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Birmingham.
- Year 7 2026 had 68 first-choice applications for 112 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 44 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- 45.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 59% across 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
- Hagley Road, Harborne, Birmingham, B17 8BJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 659 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 45.5% of pupils eligible
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 3 February 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils feel happy and safe at Lordswood Boys' School.”
- “A growing sense of belonging and community characterises the relationships here.”
- “Pupils increasingly see the school as a place where they are valued and want to be.”
To improve
- “However, a small number of pupils do not always feel fully comfortable raising concerns when they have them.”
- “In a small number of subjects, achievement is less secure.”
- “For example, in languages and the arts, pupils do not consistently achieve as well as pupils nationally.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 April 2026 (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) | 45% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43.3 | 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: 68 first-preference applications, 112 offers in total, 68 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 Lordswood School for Girls 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- George Dixon Academy 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Paul's School for Girls 1.1 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Harborne Academy 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hillcrest School and Sixth Form Centre 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lift Four Dwellings Secondary 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Jewellery Quarter Academy 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holyhead School 2.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published