Turves Green Boys' School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Boys · Birmingham
Turves Green, Birmingham, B31 4BS
62
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 19/03/2024
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
90.7%
27.8% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
592
Capacity used
Nearly full95%
625 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
116 of 116 families who put it first got an offer
135
Places offered
354
Total applications
2.6
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 116 | 116 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 67 | 4 | ● 6% |
| 3rd preference | 55 | 7 | ● 13% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 116 | 6 | ● 5% |
| Total | 354 | 133 | 38% |
1st preference success by year
Birmingham lets families list 6 preferences. 4 applications came from outside the council area (2 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Boys
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- James Till
- Address
- Turves Green, Northfield, Birmingham, B31 4BS
- Phone
- 01214832890
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Ward / constituency
- Longbridge & West Heath · Birmingham Northfield
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 148521
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 48% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 14% | — | — |
| SEN support | 9% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: MATRIX ACADEMY TRUST
592 pupils · 625 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
19 March 2024
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 582 pupils
Attendance
90.7%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
9.3%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
27.8%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
5.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.5%
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 | 43.5 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.01 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 49% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 67% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.90 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 37.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 39.7% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 55.1% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 75.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.4 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 78 | — |
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 | 78 | 9% | 51% | 62% | |
| English Language | 78 | 10% | 44% | 53% | |
| English Literature | 77 | 5% | 36% | 53% | |
| Statistics | 64 | 0% | 28% | 53% | |
| French | 60 | 7% | 35% | 48% | |
| Combined Science | 54 | 0% | 9% | 26% | |
| History | 42 | 14% | 40% | 45% | |
| Geography | 33 | 0% | 15% | 27% | |
| Biology | 24 | 8% | 83% | 100% | |
| Physics | 24 | 13% | 79% | 92% | |
| Chemistry | 24 | 8% | 71% | 96% | |
| Art and Design | 18 | 0% | 33% | 61% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
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.