Selly Park Girls' School, Birmingham

In its own words: "On behalf of the students, staff and Governors, I would like to welcome you to Selly Park Girls' School. We are a school for 11 - 16 year olds with approximately 820 students. Selly Park Girls' School is known for its high expectations, academic success, first-class education and its innovative approach. Our vision and values underpin all we do."

On phones, the school says: "All mobile phones must be switched off and kept in students' bags at all times while on the school site."

In 2026, pupils at Selly Park Girls' School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 55.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.5 in Birmingham and 47 across England.

60% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Birmingham and 47% in England.

That is up from 52.4 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.55: 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 52.8, against 60.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 7.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Religious Studies and History.

For September 2026 entry, 90 families put Selly Park Girls' School as their first choice and 690 named it as one of their preferences, for 159 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 2 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Selly Park Girls' School are King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys (0.8 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 78.4); King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls (0.8 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 78.8); Queensbridge School (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.1); and Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.9).

Selly Park Girls' School's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Of the 156 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 96% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 39% to a further education college.

58.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 81.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (49%), other ethnic groups (20%) and Black (12%).

In 2026, 124 pupils (15.4%) received SEN support and 6 (0.7%) 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 a moderate learning difficulty.

Selly Park Girls' School had 65 teachers in 2026, one for every 12 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Pineapple Road Rail Station, about 1010 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Dogpool Lane (opposite), 90 metres away.

In 2024/25, Selly Park Girls' School issued 87 suspensions, 10.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Selly Park Girls' School are St Edward's Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles), Raddlebarn Primary School (0.4 miles), Moor Green Primary Academy (0.4 miles) and Stirchley Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.