Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 26 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Birmingham
Unique reference
103493
Address
Bordesley Green Road, B9 4TR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
965 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
93.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
54.1%
Persistent absence
18.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.5%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 54.4%
Bangladeshi 13.1%
African 12.6%
Other 8.7%
Unclassified 6.2%
Mixed 2.9%
Other Asian 0.9%
White British 0.4%
Other White 0.3%
Indian 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 90%
Local authority average 48%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 44%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.8
Local authority average 46.5
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.46
Local authority average 4.14
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award61
ArabicGCSE23
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE49
BiologyGCSE43
Business Studies:SingleGCSE48
ChemistryGCSE43
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE14
Design & TechnologyGCSE19
English LanguageGCSE134
English LiteratureGCSE134
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
121
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
104
2nd preference
198
3rd preference
191
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
83
2nd preference
30
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
125
0
125
Year 8
125
0
125
Year 9
124
0
124
Year 10
125
0
125
Year 11
136
0
136
Year 12
191
0
191
Year 13
139
0
139
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
98.0%
87.1%
85.5%
Further education
17.0%
39.9%
36.9%
School sixth form
70.0%
34.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
11.0%
12.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
1.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
6.3%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
4.3%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
72.0%
69.1%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
23.0%
28.0%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.3%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
2.2%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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