Academy · Birmingham
King Edward VI Handsworth School
- Secondary
- Ages 11–18
- Girls
- Selective (11+)
- Sixth form
Term dates
Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Birmingham council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.
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, 207 families put this school as their first choice, and 192 places were offered. 92 of the families who put it first got a place (44%). More families put it first than there were places.
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 192 | 207 | 44% |
| September 2025 | 192 | 163 | 48% |
| September 2024 | 191 | 238 | 47% |
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.
Ofsted inspection
Latest graded inspection, 17 December 2024. No overall grade was given (Ofsted stopped giving one in September 2024).
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
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
- 1365 (capacity 1060)
- Gender
- Girls
- Academy trust
- KING EDWARD VI ACADEMY TRUST BIRMINGHAM
- Admissions
- Selective (entrance test)
- Phone
- 01215542342
- Address
- Rose Hill Road, Birmingham, B21 9AR
- Website
- kingedwardvi.bham.sch.uk
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.