King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls
Secondary · Academy converter · Girls · Birmingham
Turves Green, Birmingham, B31 4BP
60
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Some aspects not as strong
No graded inspection
Application demand
73%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
90.8%
28.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
740
Capacity used
Nearly full99%
750 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
73%
1st preference success rate
135 of 184 families who put it first got an offer
148
Places offered
472
Total applications
3.2
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 184 | 135 | ● 73% |
| 2nd preference | 92 | 8 | ● 9% |
| 3rd preference | 64 | 2 | ● 3% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 132 | 3 | ● 2% |
| Total | 472 | 148 | 31% |
1st preference success by year
Birmingham lets families list 6 preferences. 11 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Girls
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Milena Collins
- Address
- Turves Green, Northfield, Birmingham, B31 4BP
- Phone
- 01214648346
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Ward / constituency
- Longbridge & West Heath · Birmingham Northfield
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 148684
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 48% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 10% | — | — |
| SEN support | 14% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: KING EDWARD VI ACADEMY TRUST BIRMINGHAM
740 pupils · 750 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
13 November 2024
Ungraded inspection
Some aspects not as strong
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 771 pupils
Attendance
90.8%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
9.2%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
28.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.9%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.5%
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 | 42.0 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.31 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 41% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 58% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.80 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 46 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 46.8% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 69.5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 41.8% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.12 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 141 | — |
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.
House prices near the school
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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.