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Kings Norton Girls' School

Secondary · Birmingham · B30 1HW

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Outstanding (2019)

Last grade Ofsted published, no newer grade exists

Ofsted graded this school Outstanding in 2019. Every inspection since has been ungraded, and an ungraded inspection cannot change a grade. The most recent found “Standards maintained”. Ofsted's current data file lists only graded inspections from September 2019 onwards, so this grade has dropped out of it, but it is still the school's grade of record, and still on Ofsted's own report page. Treat an Outstanding of this age with care: Outstanding schools were exempt from routine re-inspection until 2020, so these grades are among the oldest on record.

Inspected 2 July 2019

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At a glance

1,076 pupils · 100% of 1,075 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Girls
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
26.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
9.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.kngs.co.uk/
URN
136590

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 203 families named it first for 160 Year 7 places, 1.27 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1828 m (≈1.14 mi); distance decided places in 6 of the 6 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. The last grade Ofsted published for it is Outstanding, from 2019. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.27 first-choice applications per place

160 places offered · 203 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 1828 m (≈1.14 mi) for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1828 m (≈1.14 mi)

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

159 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
56.6
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
81.8%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
61%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
5.4
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) B-
37.4
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school56.6
Median of its 12 closest peers44.8
Birmingham average47.7
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Crawshaw AcademyPudsey · 95 miles awayRequires improvement45.2
Leasowes High SchoolHalesowen · 5 miles awayGood41.8
Brockhill Park Performing Arts CollegeHythe · 158 miles awayExpected standard37.4
Parklands High SchoolChorley · 90 miles awayGood44.4
The Academy at Shotton HallPeterlee · 163 miles awayOutstanding52.2
Brentwood County High SchoolBrentwood · 110 miles awayExpected standard43.2
Haberdashers' Crayford AcademyDartford · 112 miles awayGood45.2
Goldington AcademyBedford · 66 miles awayStrong standard54.3
Conyers SchoolYarm · 145 miles awayGood49.7
Ratton SchoolEastbourne · 147 miles awayExpected standard43
Bruntcliffe AcademyLeeds · 92 miles awayGood46
Springfield SchoolPortsmouth · 115 miles awayGood39.8

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 57% (Birmingham 22%, England 59%) · Not recorded 6% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 6% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Birmingham 4%, England 3%) · Any other White background 4% (Birmingham 4%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 3% (Birmingham 6%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Birmingham 7%, England 3%) · Black African 3% (Birmingham 10%, England 5%) · Asian Pakistani 3% (Birmingham 25%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Birmingham 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Birmingham 3%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Birmingham 3%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

12.74 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Birmingham: 15.08 suspensions and 0.24 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
16
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 2% moved to another state school · 12% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

70.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £54,981; 12% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
95%
Continuing in education
93%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
59%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
23%
Any sustained destination
90%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher51.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications17.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work49.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways15.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier74.3%62.3%
Social housing13.9%17.1%
Privately rented11.8%20.5%
Detached houses6.3%22.9%
Flats10.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms23.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van20.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01008956 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£295,500366 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£211,000–£406,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (27)£525,000
Semi-detached (84)£390,000
Terraced (196)£285,000
Flat (59)£125,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (1.83 km, 2026 entry): 1,205 sales, median £280,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
23an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
6an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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