Kings Heath Secondary School
Chamberlain Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B13 0QP
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Marie Orton
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Birmingham Selly Oak
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 806
- Pupils on roll
- 794
- URN
- 103486
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01214644454
About this school
Kings Heath Secondary School is a community secondary school in Birmingham. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 794 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 115 | 158 | 131 |
| Attainment 8 score | 44.9 | 42.7 | 40.0 |
| Progress 8 score | 0.00 -0.27 to +0.26 | -0.19 -0.42 to +0.04 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46% | 45.6% | 39.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64% | 65.2% | 57.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 74% | 60.8% | 54.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Kings Heath Secondary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Birmingham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 44.9 | 40.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 42.7 | 40.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 40 | 40.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 732 |
| 2023/24 | 780 |
| 2024/25 | 783 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Kings Heath Secondary School compares
Kings Heath Secondary School ranked 66th of 85 secondary schools in Birmingham for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 39% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 40 | 8.3% | 49.2% | 794 | — |
| Wheelers Lane Technology College | 48.4 | 7% | 38.4% | 672 | 0.5 miles |
| Swanshurst School | — | 6.9% | 47% | 1,928 | 0.5 miles |
| Bishop Challoner Catholic College | 48.4 | 7.2% | 38.8% | 1,184 | 0.8 miles |
| Christ Church, Church of England Secondary Academy | — | 10.9% | 51.4% | 829 | 1.0 miles |
| King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls | 80.4 | 5.9% | 31.3% | 1,118 | 1.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
- 8 March 2023
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Ungraded inspection report2 February 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 49.17%
- English as an additional language
- 49.9%
- Overall absence
- 8.31%
- Persistent absence
- 28.27%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Wheelers Lane Technology College0.5 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
Swanshurst School0.5 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
Bishop Challoner Catholic College0.8 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
Christ Church, Church of England Secondary Academy1.0 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls1.1 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
Other schools in Birmingham
Kings Heath Secondary School ranks 65th of the 87 ranked secondary schools in Birmingham.
- Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School Secondary
- Arena Academy Secondary
- Ark Boulton Academy Secondary
- Ark St Alban's Academy Secondary
- Aston Manor Academy Secondary
- Aston University Engineering Academy Secondary
- Bartley Green School Secondary
- Birmingham Ormiston Academy Secondary
- Bishop Challoner Catholic College Secondary
- BOA Digital Technologies Academy Secondary
- Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form Secondary
- Broadway Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Kings Heath Secondary School teach?
- Kings Heath Secondary School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Birmingham.
- Who is the headteacher of Kings Heath Secondary School?
- The headteacher of Kings Heath Secondary School is Mrs Marie Orton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Kings Heath Secondary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Kings Heath Secondary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Kings Heath Secondary School?
- Kings Heath Secondary School has 794 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Kings Heath Secondary School full?
- Kings Heath Secondary School has capacity for 806 pupils and 794 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Kings Heath Secondary School a faith school?
- No. Kings Heath Secondary School has no designated religious character.
- Is Kings Heath Secondary School a selective school?
- No. Kings Heath Secondary School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have Kings Heath Secondary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 44.9 in 2022/23 and 40 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Kings Heath Secondary School rank locally?
- Kings Heath Secondary School ranked 66th of 85 secondary schools in Birmingham for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 39% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Kings Heath Secondary School's absence rate?
- Kings Heath Secondary School's overall absence rate is 8.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Kings Heath Secondary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Kings Heath Secondary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.