Selly Park Girls' School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 23 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Birmingham
Unique reference
103498
Address
5 Selly Park Road, Selly Park, B29 7PH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
804 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
81.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
54%
Persistent absence
21.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.0%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 36.7%
Other 20.9%
Mixed 8%
African 7%
Bangladeshi 5.7%
White British 4.1%
Other Asian 3.7%
Unclassified 3.6%
Caribbean 3.5%
Indian 3.4%
Other White 2.1%
Chinese 0.7%
Other Black 0.6%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 79%
Local authority average 48%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 47%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 52.3
Local authority average 46.5
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.89
Local authority average 4.14
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award94
ArabicGCSE10
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE22
BiologyGCSE39
Business Studies:SingleGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE38
ChineseGCSE1
Design & TechnologyGCSE34
Applied EngineeringGCSE26
English LanguageGCSE158
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Selly Park Girls' School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
171
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
95
2nd preference
106
3rd preference
109
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
95
2nd preference
32
3rd preference
15
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes25.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
153
0
153
Year 8
179
0
179
Year 9
160
0
160
Year 10
153
0
153
Year 11
159
0
159
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
96.0%
87.1%
85.5%
Further education
30.0%
39.9%
36.9%
School sixth form
21.0%
34.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
45.0%
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
3.0%
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

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