Lordswood Boys' School, Birmingham

Ofsted's report card from its 3 February 2026 inspection grades Lordswood Boys' School on 6 areas: 6 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Across the curriculum, pupils, including those who may face barriers to learning, develop the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in the qualifications they take."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have rigorous and highly effective systems in place that allow them to maintain a vigilant focus on pupils' attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Recently, leaders have redesigned the school's curriculum."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders work with families, the local authority and other external agencies to build a clear and comprehensive understanding of pupils' needs, including those known to social care, those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, and those who are new to the country."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders, including governors and trustees, know the school extremely well."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school places tolerance and respect at the heart of its work."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that staff receive appropriate training and development to support them to manage the behaviour of pupils effectively, and that they uphold the high expectations of the school"; "Leaders should ensure they support pupils to further develop their confidence to raise concerns about bullying"; "Leaders should ensure that teachers use assessment consistently well across the school to check on pupils' learning, and that they make reasonable adjustments to their teaching to bridge any gaps in pupils' knowledge".

In 2026, pupils at Lordswood Boys' School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.5 in Birmingham and 47 across England.

51% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Birmingham and 47% in England.

That is up from 43.3 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.19: 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 37.1, against 52.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 15.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 21 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Business Studies and Sports Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 68 families put Lordswood Boys' School as their first choice and 379 named it as one of their preferences, for 112 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 Lordswood Boys' School are King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls (0.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 53.6); George Dixon Academy (0.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 37.3); Shireland Collegiate Academy (0.8 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 45.7); and St Paul's School for Girls (1.1 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 65.9).

Lordswood Boys' School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Lordswood Boys' School is run by its own single-school academy trust.

28 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Lordswood Boys' School (as of April 2026): 75% would recommend the school, 79% say their child is happy there and 50% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (79%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (50%).

Of the 105 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 79% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 40% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

45.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 42.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (30%), Black (21%) and other ethnic groups (21%).

In 2026, 88 pupils (13.4%) received SEN support and 3 (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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

Lordswood Boys' School had 11 teachers in 2026, one for every 60 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Smethwick Rolfe Street Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.

24 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Anderson Road (opposite), 140 metres away.

In 2024/25, Lordswood Boys' School issued 139 suspensions, 21.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Lordswood Boys' School are Bearwood Primary School (0.5 miles), George Dixon Primary School (0.5 miles), St Gregory's Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles) and Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.