Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form, Birmingham

In 2026, pupils at Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form averaged an Attainment 8 score of 51.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.5 in Birmingham and 47 across England.

54% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Birmingham and 47% in England.

That is up from 49.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.6: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 50.8, against 51.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 1.1 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 108 families put Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form as their first choice and 858 named it as one of their preferences, for 124 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 23 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form are Small Heath Leadership Academy (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.6); Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East (0.7 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 56.2); Rockwood Academy (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.1); and Waverley Studio College (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 16.6).

Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Of the 128 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 94% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 20% to a further education college and 2% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 156 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 56% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 6% into work. 15% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

60.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 93.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (70%), Black (12%) and other ethnic groups (9%).

In 2026, 118 pupils (12.6%) received SEN support and 23 (2.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a moderate learning difficulty.

Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form has a resourced provision for hearing impairment: 12 places, 11 pupils on roll.

Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form had 76 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Adderley Park Rail Station, about 260 metres away (roughly a 3-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Burbidge Road (adjacent), 140 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form issued 41 suspensions, 4.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form are The Rosary Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles), Adderley Primary School (0.4 miles), Parkfield Community School (0.4 miles) and Wyndcliffe Primary School (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.