Lordswood Girls' School and Sixth Form Centre is a secondary school located in Birmingham. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are outstanding. The school inspection was carried out on 11/10/2007. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.3%, which is 0.3 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Knightlow Road, Birmingham

School Information

Address: Knightlow Road, Birmingham, B17 8QB
Website: http://www.lordswoodgirls.co.uk/
Telephone: 01214292838
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Birmingham
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Kerry Cooney
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136592

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 11/10/2007

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Girls
School Capacity: 1100
Number of Pupils: 978
Number of Boys: 38
Number of Girls: 940

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.3% 4%
Persistent absence: 8.3% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Above Average: 0.74 Confidence interval 0.5 to 0.97
Of the 124 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 117 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:92%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:100%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:49%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:53.2
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.79
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School
Winchfield Drive , Harborne B17 8TR
4out of 4 950 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Bearwood Primary School
Bearwood Road , B66 4HB
3out of 4 1,156 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
George Dixon Primary School
City Road , Edgbaston B17 8LE
2out of 4 1,157 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School
Park Road , B67 5HX
4out of 4 1,272 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Abbey Junior School
Barclay Road , B67 5LT
3out of 4 1,488 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Lordswood Girls' School and Sixth Form Centre
Knightlow Road , Harborne B17 8QB
4out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Girls More About School
Lordswood Boys' School
Hagley Road , Harborne B17 8BJ
1out of 4 336 yd Academy converter No Boys More About School
George Dixon Academy
Portland Road , Edgbaston B16 9GD
3out of 4 1,006 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Shireland Collegiate Academy
Waterloo Road , B66 4ND
4out of 4 1,805 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
St Paul's School for Girls
Vernon Road , Edgbaston B16 9SL
4out of 4 1,867 yd Voluntary aided school No Girls More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Woodbourne Hospital School
Priory Woodbourne Hospital , 21 Woodbourne Road B17 8BY
- not rated 768 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Queen Alexandra College
49 Court Oak Road , Harborne B17 9TG
- not rated 1,115 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Baskerville School
Fellows Lane , Harborne B17 9TS
3out of 4 1,405 yd Foundation special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Norfolk House School
4 Norfolk Road , Edgbaston B15 3PS
- not rated 1,510 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
The Blue Coat School Birmingham
Somerset Road , Edgbaston B17 0HR
- not rated 2,056 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.