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Best grammar schools in Birmingham

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Top: King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls

  1. 180.4King Edward VI Camp Hill School for GirlsGirls · Birmingham · 98% grade 5+ English and maths
  2. 279.4Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for GirlsGirls · Birmingham · 99.4% grade 5+ English and maths
  3. 377.1Bishop Vesey's Grammar SchoolBoys · Birmingham · 97.4% grade 5+ English and maths
  4. 475.9King Edward VI Five Ways SchoolMixed · Birmingham · 96.7% grade 5+ English and maths
  5. 575.7King Edward VI Camp Hill School for BoysBoys · Birmingham · 96.6% grade 5+ English and maths
  6. 674.2King Edward VI Handsworth SchoolGirls · Birmingham · 98.4% grade 5+ English and maths
  7. 772.0King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for BoysBoys · Birmingham · 96.6% grade 5+ English and maths
  8. 871.2King Edward VI Aston SchoolBoys · Birmingham · 97.1% grade 5+ English and maths

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What is the best grammar school in Birmingham?

On 2024/25 GCSE results, King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls had the highest Attainment 8 (80.4), then Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls (79.4) and Bishop Vesey's Grammar School (77.1).

What is the best grammar school in Birmingham for girls?

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls, with an Attainment 8 of 80.4 in 2024/25.

What is the best grammar school in Birmingham for boys?

Bishop Vesey's Grammar School, with an Attainment 8 of 77.1 in 2024/25.

How many grammar schools are there in Birmingham?

8: 4 for boys, 3 for girls and 1 mixed.

Which Birmingham grammar school adds the most?

On Progress 8, which compares GCSEs with Year 6 SATs, King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys was highest in 2023/24 (+1.09). The DfE did not publish Progress 8 for 2024/25.

Are the top schools the hardest to get into?

Usually. The highest-ranked schools tend to have the most applicants per place and the highest cut-off scores, and some take only children living nearby.

How we work this out

What it does

All 8 of Birmingham's state grammar schools, ranked by their published GCSE results. Pick a boy or a girl to see the schools they could join.

The 8 state grammar schools in Birmingham, with the Department for Education's final GCSE (key stage 4) results for 2022/23 to 2024/25.

Method

  1. Attainment 8 is a pupil's average across eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice; the school figure is the average of its pupils.
  2. Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils with a grade 5 or above in both. Many grammar schools are at or near 100%, so ties are ranked equal and ordered by Attainment 8.
  3. Progress 8 compares pupils' GCSEs with others who had the same Year 6 SATs. The DfE did not publish it for 2024/25, so that ranking uses 2023/24.