Turves Green Boys' School, Birmingham

In its own words: "At Turves Green Boys' School, we are dedicated to providing a fully inclusive education based on traditional values. Our primary commitment is to ensure progress for all of our pupils. We hold high expectations and aspirations for each and every one of them."

In 2026, pupils at Turves Green Boys' School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.5 in Birmingham and 47 across England.

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

That is up from 37.3 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.01: pupils made about 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 38.3, against 48.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 21 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Statistics, French and Combined Science.

For September 2026 entry, 125 families put Turves Green Boys' School as their first choice and 376 named it as one of their preferences, for 146 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 Turves Green Boys' School are King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls (0.2 miles, Attainment 8 45.3); St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.9); Colmers School and Sixth Form College (1.4 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 39.1); and Ark Kings Academy (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39.9).

Turves Green Boys' School's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Turves Green Boys' School is one of 9 schools run by Matrix Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 44 in 2024/25.

Of the 121 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 88% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 84% to a further education college, 5% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

48.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 50 pupils (8.4%) received SEN support and 14 (2.4%) 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.

Turves Green Boys' School had 41 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Longbridge Rail Station, about 780 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Clunbury Road (before), 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Turves Green Boys' School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Turves Green Boys' School issued 356 suspensions, 66.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Turves Green Boys' School are Turves Green Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Albert Bradbeer Primary Academy (0.3 miles), The Meadows Primary School (0.6 miles) and St John Fisher Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.