Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School, Birmingham

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include Duke of Edinburgh and cadets.

In 2026, pupils at Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 41.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.5 in Birmingham and 47 across England.

45% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Birmingham and 47% in England.

That is down from 44.6 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.21: pupils made 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 34.1, against 49.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 15.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Design and Technology.

For September 2026 entry, 115 families put Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School as their first choice and 1127 named it as one of their preferences, for 130 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 32 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School are Bournville School (0.5 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 37.5); Kings Norton Girls' School (0.6 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 51.4); The University of Birmingham School (0.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.8); and King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys (0.7 miles, Attainment 8 48.1).

Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School is one of 9 schools run by Matrix Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 44 in 2024/25.

Of the 149 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 87% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 52% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 29 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 62% went on to university or other higher education, 7% to apprenticeships and 7% into work. 17% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

45.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 76 pupils (9.8%) received SEN support and 24 (3.1%) 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 autism.

Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School had 59 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 Bournville Rail Station, about 1070 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cadbury School (opposite), 110 metres away.

In 2024/25, Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School issued 586 suspensions, 76.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School are Bournville Village Primary (0.3 miles), St Francis Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery (0.3 miles), St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles) and St Mary's Church of England Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.