Bournville School, Birmingham

In 2026, pupils at Bournville School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 37.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.5 in Birmingham and 47 across England.

29% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Birmingham and 47% in England.

That is up from 36.5 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.78: pupils made well below 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 32.8, against 47.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 14.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Art and Design.

For September 2026 entry, 20 families put Bournville School as their first choice and 802 named it as one of their preferences, for 50 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Bournville School are Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School (0.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.9); King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys (0.7 miles, Attainment 8 48.1); Kings Norton Girls' School (0.8 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 51.4); and The University of Birmingham School (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.8).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Bournville School.

Bournville School is one of 4 schools run by Fairfax Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 41.2 in 2024/25.

Of the 88 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 77% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 74% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

66.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 28.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (41%), Black (19%) and Mixed (15%).

In 2026, 138 pupils (20.9%) received SEN support and 19 (2.9%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

Bournville School has a resourced provision for hearing impairment: 13 places, 10 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Kings Norton Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cob Lane (after), 190 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 255 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and vehicle crime. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Birmingham (435).

In 2024/25, Bournville School issued 191 suspensions, 27.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 5 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Bournville School are St Francis Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery (0.3 miles), Northfield Manor Primary Academy (0.5 miles), St Laurence Church Junior School (0.8 miles) and St Laurence Church Infant School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.