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King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys

Secondary Ages 11-16 815 pupils Birmingham
Ofsted: Good
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King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys is an academy converter in Birmingham for pupils aged 11 to 16. It has 815 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys is Good, from an inspection in July 2023 of its predecessor, King's Norton Boys' School. In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 48.1, and 54% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Ofsted inspection: January 2024. GCSE results: 2026.

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-16
Religion Unknown
Address Northfield Road
King's Norton
Birmingham
West Midlands
B30 1DY
Phone 01216280010
Reference Number 150320

General Makeup

Number of pupils 815
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 100%
Girls: 0%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 31.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 12.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25.9

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 168 Unknown 168
8 165 Unknown 165
9 167 Unknown 167
10 156 Unknown 156
11 159 Unknown 159

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 65.2%
White & Black (Caribbean) 5.8%
Mixed, Other 4.8%
African 4.3%
White & Asian 3.3%
White, Other 2.7%
Chinese 2.3%
Pakistani 2.2%
Indian 1.1%
Caribbean 1.1%
Asian, Other 1.1%
Irish 0.7%
Unclassified 0.6%
White & Black (African) 0.4%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, King's Norton Boys' School, inspected in July 2023.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
04 Jan 2024 Academy conversion letter

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
48.1

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 54.4%
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 62.7%

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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Year 7 admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 155 10
Third Preference 101 7
From another Local Authority 3 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys had 818 pupils for 851 places. 33 places (3.9%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Year 7 intake in the “S6” planning area

Birmingham counted 1,576 Year 7 pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 1,506 in 2031–32, down 4%.

20242025
Places 743851
Pupils 812818
Unfilled 0.0%3.9%

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 King's Norton School for Boys attended 92.9% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 20.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20242025
Authorised absence 4.0%3.8%
Unauthorised absence 2.4%3.2%
Severely absent pupils 2.4%3.0%

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, 7.1% of pupils at King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 12.911.4
Permanent exclusions 00

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 King's Norton School for Boys had 16.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20252026
Pupils per adult 11.012.4
Teachers who left state teaching 4.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 83.6%–
Sick days per teacher 4.9–

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, 22.9% of pupils at King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 1.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 60 3
Autistic spectrum disorder 42 10
Moderate learning difficulty 35 0
Specific learning difficulty 22 0
Speech, language and communication needs 9 2
No specialist assessment of need 7 0
Other difficulty or disability 5 0
Physical disability 3 0
Vision impairment 3 0
Hearing impairment 1 0

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 King's Norton School for Boys received £8,537 and spent £8,551 for each of its 825 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £933,000 (£1,131 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

2025
Revenue reserve £933,000
per pupil £1,131
In-year balance -£12,000
per pupil -£14

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.

Name Distance
Kings Norton Nursery School
Westhill Road, Birmingham, B38 8SY
0.44 miles
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Selly Oak Road, Kings Norton, Birmingham, West Midlands, B30 1HN
0.46 miles
St Francis Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery
Teazel Avenue, Bournville, St Francis Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery, Birmingham, West Midlands, B30 1LZ
0.47 miles
Wychall Primary School
Middle Field Road, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 3EH
0.71 miles
Cotteridge Primary School
Breedon Road, Cotteridge, Birmingham, West Midlands, B30 2HT
0.74 miles
Kings Norton Primary School
Pershore Road South, Kings Norton, Kings Norton Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B30 3EU
0.86 miles
Bournville Village Primary
Linden Road, Bournville, Birmingham, West Midlands, B30 1JY
0.89 miles
St Laurence Church Infant School
Bunbury Road, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 2DJ
0.91 miles
St Laurence Church Junior School
Bunbury Road, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 2DJ
0.91 miles
Fairway Primary Academy
Muirfield Gardens, Kings Norton, Birmingham, West Midlands, B38 8XQ
0.92 miles
Stirchley Primary School
Pershore Road, Stirchley, Birmingham, West Midlands, B30 2JL
0.99 miles
Allens Croft Nursery School
Allens Croft Road, Birmingham, B14 6RP
1.21 miles
Allens Croft Primary School
Allens Croft Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, B14 6RP
1.21 miles
Northfield Manor Primary Academy
Swarthmore Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, West Midlands, B29 4JT
1.22 miles
Longwill A Primary School for Deaf Children
Bell Hill, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 1LD
1.26 miles
Broadmeadow Junior School
Monyhull Hall Road, Kings Norton, Birmingham, West Midlands, B30 3QJ
1.27 miles
West Heath Primary School
Rednal Road, West Heath Primary, Birmingham, West Midlands, B38 8HU
1.33 miles
Bellfield Primary School (NC)
Vineyard Road, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 1PT
1.33 miles
Bellfield Junior School
Vineyard Road, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 1PT
1.33 miles
St Paul's Catholic Primary School
Sisefield Road, Kings Norton, Birmingham, West Midlands, B38 9JB
1.34 miles
Name Distance
Kings Norton Girls' School
Selly Oak Road, Kings Norton, Birmingham, West Midlands, B30 1HW
0.39 miles
Penny Tree School
Imperial Court, Kings Norton Business Park, Birmingham, B30 3ES
0.52 miles
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School
Wychall Lane, Kings Norton, Birmingham, West Midlands, B38 8AP
0.55 miles
Bournville School
Hay Green Lane, Birmingham, West Midlands, B30 1SH
0.69 miles
Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School
Woodbrooke Road, Bournville, Birmingham, West Midlands, B30 1UL
0.75 miles
Maple House School
Maple House, Maple Road, Bournville, Birmingham, West Midlands, B30 2AE
1.05 miles
Fircroft College of Adult Education
1018 Bristol Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, West Midlands, B29 6LH
1.12 miles
Victoria School
Bell Hill, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 1LD
1.24 miles
Selly Oak Trust School
Oak Tree Lane, Selly Oak, Birmingham, West Midlands, B29 6HZ
1.25 miles
The University of Birmingham School
Weoley Park Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 6QU
1.36 miles
Ark Kings Academy
Shannon Road, Kings Norton, Birmingham, West Midlands, B38 9DE
1.38 miles
King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls
Turves Green, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 4BP
1.56 miles
Lindsworth School
Monyhull Hall Road, Kings Norton, Birmingham, West Midlands, B30 3QA
1.58 miles
Selly Park Girls' School
5 Selly Park Road, Selly Park, Birmingham, West Midlands, B29 7PH
1.65 miles
E-ACT Shenley Academy
Shenley Lane, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B29 4HE
1.73 miles
New Ways School
300 Redhill road, Kings Norton, Birmingham, West Midlands, B38 9EL
1.73 miles
Turves Green Boys' School
Turves Green, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 4BS
1.76 miles
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls
Vicarage Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, B14 7QJ
1.92 miles
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys
Vicarage Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, B14 7QJ
1.92 miles
Wheelers Lane Technology College
Wheelers Lane, Kings Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, B13 0SF
2.4 miles

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King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys is part of King Edward Vi Academy Trust Birmingham, which runs 12 schools. The nearest others:

What is King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys is Good, from an inspection in July 2023 of its predecessor, King's Norton Boys' School.

When was King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys last inspected by Ofsted?

King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys have?

King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys has 815 pupils on roll.

What age range does King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys cover?

King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 48.1, and 54% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys?

King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys is at Northfield Road, King's Norton, Birmingham, West Midlands, B30 1DY.

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