Academy · Birmingham

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls

Term dates

This school's own term dates broadly match Birmingham council's, so the council's dates are shown here. INSET days can differ, so check the school's calendar for those.

2026/27

2027/28

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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Selective school: Year 7 entry is by an entrance test (the 11+). Registration for the test usually closes in the summer of Year 5.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 337 families put this school as their first choice, and 150 places were offered. 145 of the families who put it first got a place (43%). More families put it first than there were places.

EntryPlaces offeredPut it firstGot their first choice
September 202615033743%
September 202515030945%
September 202415029948%

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

11+ entrance test

This school uses The Grammar Schools in Birmingham Entrance Test, a shared test used by 7 other schools. Your child sits one test, and the result is shared with every school in the group that you apply to.

How shared 11+ tests work

Ofsted inspection

Report card, 24 March 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.

Inclusion
Exceptional
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Achievement
Exceptional
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Exceptional
Sixth form
Exceptional
Leadership and governance
Exceptional

Safeguarding standards: met.

Previous inspection, 17 November 2021. Overall: Outstanding

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type
Academy
Phase
Secondary
Ages
11–18
Pupils
1118 (capacity 896)
Gender
Girls
Academy trust
KING EDWARD VI ACADEMY TRUST BIRMINGHAM
Admissions
Selective (entrance test)
Phone
01214442150
Address
Vicarage Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7QJ
Website
kechg.org.uk

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