King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.09 miles
Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls is a secondary school in Birmingham for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Some aspects not as strong, from the inspection on 13 November 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
King Edward VI Northfield 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 | 1.09 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
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.09 miles away, the 18th shortest of 40 Birmingham secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2022, and it swung sharply between some years.
- In 2026, Year 7 had 177 first-choice applications for 150 offers; 139 offers went to first-choice families, and 38 first-choice families (21%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 47% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 46 (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 4BP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 740 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Some aspects not as strong Inspected 13 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils respond very well to the school’s high expectations of them.”
- “This is evident in the improvement in many pupils’ attendance and their strong behaviour.”
- “They enjoy being rewarded for their positive conduct.”
To improve
- “In the past, the school did not always act effectively enough to support pupils’ achievements.”
- “As a result, outcomes for pupils, especially disadvantaged pupils, have declined.”
- “While these are effective, they have not been in place long enough to show a sustained, positive impact on pupils’ achievements.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 December 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) | 47% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46 | 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: 177 first-preference applications, 150 offers in total, 139 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.
- Turves Green Boys' School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Colmers School and Sixth Form College 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kings Norton Girls' School 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- E-ACT Shenley Academy 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- King Edward VI Balaam Wood Academy 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published