Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form

Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form has made significant progress since its previous inspection, moving from a grade of 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Pupils express happiness and strong ambitions for their academic success, which is supported by the staff's dedication to their education. The curriculum is broad and inclusive, particularly strong in preparing pupils for higher education, though improvements are needed in the planning and sequencing of the modern foreign languages curriculum. The school effectively supports students with special educational needs and disabilities, ensuring they can access the full range of learning experiences.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and keen to learn.
• Strong subject knowledge and support from dedicated teachers.
• Well-planned curriculum that meets the aspirations of pupils.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.
• Good personal, social, health and economic education curriculum.
• Robust safeguarding measures in place.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum in modern foreign languages is not coherently planned.
• New initiatives in literacy and careers education need careful evaluation.
• Relationships and sex education topics are not adequately sequenced.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form attended 92.5% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 21.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 3.1% of pupils at Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form had 14.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 12.6% of pupils at Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has resourced provision with 12 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form received £9,067 and spent £9,653 for each of its 938 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,700,000 (£1,813 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form is Good, from an inspection in June 2022.

When was Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form last inspected by Ofsted?

Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form was last inspected in June 2022.

How many pupils does Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form have?

Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form has 938 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form cover?

Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 51.3, and 54% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form?

Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form is at Bordesley Green Road, Birmingham, B9 4TR.