Selly Park Girls' School
Secondary · Community school · Girls · Birmingham
5 Selly Park Road, Birmingham, B29 7PH
74
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 23/11/2022
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
92.3%
24.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
803
Capacity used
Nearly full96%
840 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
95 of 95 families who put it first got an offer
171
Places offered
615
Total applications
3.6
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 95 | 95 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 106 | 32 | ● 30% |
| 3rd preference | 109 | 15 | ● 14% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 305 | 26 | ● 9% |
| Total | 615 | 168 | 27% |
1st preference success by year
Birmingham lets families list 6 preferences. 2 applications came from outside the council area (1 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Girls
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Lisa Darwood
- Address
- 5 Selly Park Road, Selly Park, Birmingham, B29 7PH
- Phone
- 01214721238
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Ward / constituency
- Bournbrook & Selly Park · Birmingham Selly Oak
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 103498
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 58% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 76% | — | — |
| SEN support | 15% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
803 pupils · 840 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
23 November 2022
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessPersonal development Outstanding Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 860 pupils
Attendance
92.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.7%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
24.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
4.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.6%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 51.5 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.55 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 61% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 72% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.74 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 52.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 47.2% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 76.7% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 78.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.91 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 159 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 159 | 22% | 50% | 82% | |
| English Language | 158 | 25% | 65% | 78% | |
| English Literature | 157 | 28% | 69% | 83% | |
| Combined Science | 120 | 16% | 33% | 53% | |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 93 | 20% | 61% | 71% | |
| History | 91 | 38% | 63% | 73% | |
| Religious Studies | 86 | 43% | 72% | 84% | |
| French | 71 | 18% | 72% | 85% | |
| Spanish | 67 | 34% | 75% | 87% | |
| Social Studies | 67 | 30% | 66% | 78% | |
| Geography | 53 | 32% | 45% | 58% | |
| Biology | 39 | 51% | 85% | 97% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Birmingham council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.