King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys, Birmingham

In its own words: "At King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School, we inspire a love of learning, develop character and shape futures, so that every student leaves us with the knowledge, confidence and compassion to make a positive difference in the world."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football and debating.

In 2026, pupils at King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys averaged an Attainment 8 score of 71.3, 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 in line with 2025, when the score was 72.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.78: 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 72.2, against 71.1 for other pupils at the school.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 18 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, French and Biology.

King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar 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, 152 families put King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys as their first choice and 1096 named it as one of their preferences, for 146 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 88 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar 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 Handsworth Grammar 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 Handsworth Grammar School for Boys are King Edward VI Handsworth School (0.4 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 76.2); Holyhead School (0.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.6); Windsor Olympus Academy (0.6 miles); and King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy (0.7 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 46.4).

King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar 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 150 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 98% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 5% to a further education college.

Of the 159 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 68% went on to university or other higher education, 5% to apprenticeships and 3% into work. 27% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

In 2026, 43 pupils (4.1%) received SEN support and 2 (0.2%) 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 tram or metro stop is Winson Green (West Midlands Metro), about 730 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Osborne Road (opposite), 80 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 751 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and vehicle crime. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Birmingham (435), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys issued 49 suspensions, 4.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys are Grove School (under 0.1 miles), Oasis Academy Boulton (0.3 miles), William Murdoch Primary School (0.3 miles) and James Watt Primary School (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.