Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls, Sutton Coldfield

From the headteacher's welcome: "This is a happy and successful school where students, teachers and support staff enjoy being part of the Sutton Girls' community. Our teachers are subject specialists who share their enthusiasm as well as their knowledge."

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

Coming up: an open day on Thursday 12 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls averaged an Attainment 8 score of 80.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.5 in Birmingham and 47 across England.

99% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Birmingham and 47% in England.

That is up from 79.4 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 1.05: 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 72.9, against 81.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 8.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 21 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Chemistry, Biology and Physics.

Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls 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, 320 families put Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls as their first choice and 1094 named it as one of their preferences, for 179 places offered. That is 1.8 first choices for every place. 174 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls 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, Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls 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 Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls are Plantsbrook School (0.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49.1); Bishop Walsh Catholic School (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 54.8); Bishop Vesey's Grammar School (1.1 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 79.5); and Fairfax (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.5).

Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Of the 179 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 98% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 4% to a further education college.

Of the 153 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 68% went on to university or other higher education, 7% to apprenticeships and 11% into work. 59% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

16.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 64 pupils (5.2%) received SEN support and 3 (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 railway station is Wylde Green Rail Station, about 650 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Sutton Girls School (adjacent), 60 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 182 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Birmingham (435).

In 2024/25, Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls issued 9 suspensions, 0.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls are St Nicholas Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles), Town House Primary School (0.6 miles), Maney Hill Primary School (0.6 miles) and Boldmere Infant School and Nursery (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.