Turves Green Boys' School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · 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 🔒
Turves Green Boys' School is a secondary school in Birmingham for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 March 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
Turves Green 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 was the case at 29 of the 78 other Birmingham secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 entry in 2026 had 125 first-choice applications for 146 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 21 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 40% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 37.3 (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
- Turves Green, Northfield, Birmingham, B31 4BS
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 592 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 48.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 19 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are rightfully proud to be part of this unique school.”
- “They are welcoming to all, confident and articulate about their learning.”
- “Older pupils reflect how much their experience has improved.”
To improve
- “While published outcomes are low, the impact of the curriculum seen by inspectors shows a different picture.”
- “The school is working to address the needs of pupils who need extra help with reading.”
- “However, the provision for pupils in Year 11 is not as strong as it could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 May 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) | 40% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 37.3 | 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: 125 first-preference applications, 146 offers in total, 125 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 Northfield School for Girls 0.2 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Colmers School and Sixth Form College 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- King Edward VI Balaam Wood Academy 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Kings Norton Girls' School 2.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- E-ACT Shenley Academy 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published