King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys, Birmingham

In its own words: "Welcome to King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys. We are a caring community where everyone can do and be their best. We strive to support our students through the ups and downs of life so that they can lead a happy and fulfilled life as much as possible."

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

In 2026, pupils at King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys averaged an Attainment 8 score of 78.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.5 in Birmingham and 47 across England.

98% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Birmingham and 47% in England.

That is up from 75.7 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 1.09: 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 75.8, against 79.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 3.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 19 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Chemistry, Biology and Physics.

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys is a grammar school: places go to children who reach the required standard in its entrance test, and only then are the oversubscription criteria applied.

For September 2026 entry, 290 families put King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys as their first choice and 826 named it as one of their preferences, for 150 places offered. That is 1.9 first choices for every place. 149 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys admits pupils through an entrance test, usually called the 11-plus. Children have to be registered for it in advance, normally in the spring or summer of Year 5; the test itself is usually sat in September of Year 6, and results come out in October, before the 31 October deadline for naming secondary schools.

Passing the test makes a child eligible rather than guaranteeing a place: when more children pass than there are places, King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys ranks them by the criteria in its admissions policy, which can include test score and distance. Check Birmingham's admissions pages and the school's own policy for this year's registration deadline - a child who is not registered in time cannot sit the test.

Birmingham has 8 state grammar schools in all, so a child who passes may have several selective schools to choose between.

The nearest other state secondary schools to King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys are King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls (under 0.1 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 78.8); Bishop Challoner Catholic College (0.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.9); Wheelers Lane Technology College (0.6 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 48.2); and Queensbridge School (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.1).

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys is one of 12 schools run by King Edward Vi Academy Trust Birmingham, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 64.1 in 2024/25.

Of the 119 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 99% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 2% to a further education college.

Of the 161 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 72% went on to university or other higher education, 1% to apprenticeships and 4% into work. 62% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

In 2026, 64 pupils (6%) received SEN support and 5 (0.5%) 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 autism.

The nearest railway station is Pineapple Road Rail Station, about 430 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Camp Hill Schools (adjacent), 190 metres away.

In 2024/25, King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys issued 33 suspensions, 3.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys are Colmore Junior School (0.2 miles), Colmore Infant and Nursery School (0.2 miles), St Dunstan's Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles) and Moor Green Primary Academy (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.