Kings Norton Girls' School
Secondary · Academy converter · Girls · Birmingham
Selly Oak Road, Birmingham, B30 1HW
83
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
77%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
93.5%
18.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,076
Capacity used
Over capacity100%
1,075 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
77%
1st preference success rate
137 of 178 families who put it first got an offer
160
Places offered
827
Total applications
5.2
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 178 | 137 | ● 77% |
| 2nd preference | 189 | 17 | ● 9% |
| 3rd preference | 163 | 5 | ● 3% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 297 | 1 | ● 0% |
| Total | 827 | 160 | 19% |
1st preference success by year
Birmingham lets families list 6 preferences. 6 applications came from outside the council area (0 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Laura Sullivan
- Address
- Selly Oak Road, Kings Norton, Birmingham, B30 1HW
- Phone
- 01216751305
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Ward / constituency
- Bournville & Cotteridge · Birmingham Selly Oak
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 136590
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 27% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 9% | — | — |
| SEN support | 14% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: WEST MIDLANDS ACADEMY TRUST
1,076 pupils · 1,075 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
29 January 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 837 pupils
Attendance
93.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
6.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
18.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.9%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.3%
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 | 57.8 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.64 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 68% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 83% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.50 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 40.14 | — | — |
Average grade: B (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 56.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 61% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 81.8% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 83% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.41 | 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.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 37.35 | 35 |
| Average grade | B- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 17.3% | 17% |
| A-level students | 133 | — |
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 | 157 | 24% | 65% | 86% | |
| English Language | 157 | 34% | 72% | 85% | |
| English Literature | 156 | 34% | 75% | 88% | |
| French | 109 | 29% | 64% | 83% | |
| Combined Science | 102 | 8% | 55% | 73% | |
| History | 88 | 42% | 67% | 77% | |
| Geography | 68 | 51% | 72% | 84% | |
| Biology | 55 | 76% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physics | 55 | 51% | 98% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 55 | 71% | 100% | 100% | |
| Art and Design | 53 | 64% | 96% | 98% | |
| Social Studies | 53 | 23% | 70% | 81% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 47 | 15% | 43% | 55% | |
| Government and Politics | 32 | 3% | 16% | 50% | |
| Biology | 27 | 19% | 41% | 74% | |
| Business Studies | 27 | 0% | 19% | 41% | |
| Sociology | 26 | 12% | 46% | 65% | |
| Media / Film / TV Studies | 26 | 0% | 23% | 62% | |
| History | 25 | 12% | 12% | 60% | |
| Chemistry | 22 | 9% | 36% | 55% | |
| English Literature | 20 | 15% | 40% | 65% | |
| Physics | 19 | 11% | 32% | 68% | |
| Geography | 19 | 5% | 37% | 74% | |
| Psychology | 18 | 11% | 33% | 50% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 13141: Kings Norton Girls' School and Language College
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 64% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 4% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 65% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
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.