Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form
Bordesley Green Road, Birmingham, B9 4TR
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Girls
- Headteacher
- Ms Pritpal Hyare
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- HI - Hearing Impairment
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,000
- Pupils on roll
- 938
- URN
- 103493
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01214641881
About this school
Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form is a girls' community secondary school in Birmingham. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 938 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 122 | 128 | 134 |
| Attainment 8 score | 49.9 | 48.6 | 49.8 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.43 +0.17 to +0.69 | +0.60 +0.35 to +0.86 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47% | 46.9% | 44.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% | 64.8% | 64.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 87% | 85.9% | 89.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
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 Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form 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 | 49.9 | 40.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 48.6 | 40.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 49.8 | 40.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 974 |
| 2023/24 | 968 |
| 2024/25 | 965 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form compares
Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form ranked 24th of 85 secondary schools in Birmingham for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 75% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 21% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 49.8 | 7.5% | 61.3% | 938 | — |
| Small Heath Leadership Academy | 45.7 | 6.8% | 57.4% | 1,131 | 0.7 miles |
| Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East | 60.8 | 5.7% | 54.6% | 609 | 0.7 miles |
| Rockwood Academy | 39.1 | 12.2% | 62.3% | 1,073 | 0.8 miles |
| Waverley Studio College | 21.9 | 21.9% | 56.6% | 223 | 0.9 miles |
| Saltley Academy | 39.4 | 10.7% | 58.9% | 1,356 | 1.0 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 61.26%
- English as an additional language
- 93.2%
- Overall absence
- 7.49%
- Persistent absence
- 21.04%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Small Heath Leadership Academy0.7 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East0.7 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
Rockwood Academy0.8 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
Waverley Studio College0.9 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
Saltley Academy1.0 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
Other schools in Birmingham
Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form ranks 19th of the 87 ranked secondary schools in Birmingham.
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Common questions
- What year groups does Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form teach?
- Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Birmingham.
- Who is the headteacher of Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form?
- The headteacher of Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form is Ms Pritpal Hyare, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form, 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 Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form?
- Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form has 938 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form full?
- Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form has capacity for 1,000 pupils and 938 on roll (94%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form a faith school?
- No. Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form has no designated religious character.
- Is Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form a selective school?
- No. Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- What SEN provision does Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form have?
- The schools register lists Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form's special educational needs provision as: HI - Hearing Impairment. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 49.9 in 2022/23 and 49.8 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form rank locally?
- Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form ranked 24th of 85 secondary schools in Birmingham for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 75% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 21% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form's absence rate?
- Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form's overall absence rate is 7.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form'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.