King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls is a selective girls' grammar school within King Edward Multi Academy Trust. Inspectors found it performing at an exceptionally high level overall. Achievement, inclusion, leadership and governance, personal development and wellbeing, and post-16 provision are all exceptional. Pupils make rapid progress, including disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, and achieve outcomes well above national averages; disadvantaged pupils outperform non-disadvantaged peers nationally. Safeguarding standards are met.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve exceptionally well across all year groups, including disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND.
• Disadvantaged pupils outperform non-disadvantaged peers nationally.
• Highly inclusive systems identify and support pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils swiftly and precisely.
• Leaders have a clear strategic vision and a culture of excellence, with strong governance and trust challenge.
• Staff receive high-quality professional development and feel well supported.
• Personal development and wellbeing are central, with an expertly crafted PSHE programme and rich enrichment.
• Post-16 provision is exceptional, with excellent outcomes and strong progression to higher education.
• Attendance is high and persistent absence has reduced significantly.
• Behaviour is exemplary, with rare disruption and a superb learning culture.
• The curriculum is knowledge-rich, ambitious and well designed, with high-quality teaching.
• Safeguarding standards are met, with an open culture of safeguarding.
• Careers guidance and work experience are tailored and effective.
• Pupils feel safe and supported and have a strong sense of family.
• Extra-curricular opportunities are broad, equitable and pupil-led.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum implementation and teaching, while strong, are not yet exceptional and should continue to develop.
• Attendance strategies need continued improvement to sustain exceptional standards and further reduce barriers for a small number of pupils.

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 King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 13.7% 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, 1.7% of pupils at King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls 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 King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls had 17.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.9% 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, 1.7% of pupils at King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 0.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

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 2024–25 King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls received £7,480 and spent £7,396 for each of its 1,113 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £2,348,000 (£2,110 per pupil).

Across all 12 schools of King Edward Vi Academy Trust Birmingham, income was £8,047 and spending £7,927 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Birmingham · Birmingham local authority: places and applications

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls is part of King Edward Vi Academy Trust Birmingham, which runs 12 schools. The nearest others:

• King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys Birmingham
• King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys Birmingham
• King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls Birmingham
• King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls Birmingham
• King Edward VI Five Ways School Birmingham
• King Edward VI Handsworth School Birmingham
• King Edward VI Aston School Birmingham
• King Edward VI Balaam Wood Academy Birmingham
• King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys Birmingham
• King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy Birmingham

What is King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls is Strong standard, from an inspection in September 2026.

When was King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls last inspected by Ofsted?

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls was last inspected in September 2026.

How many pupils does King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls have?

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls has 1,118 pupils on roll.

What age range does King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls cover?

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 78.8, and 97% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls?

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls is at Vicarage Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, B14 7QJ.