King Edward VI Handsworth School
King Edward VI Handsworth School is a grammar school for girls aged 11–18 located in Handsworth, Birmingham, England. It is part of the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI. The school was founded in 1883 as King Edward's Aston on the site where its brother school, King Edward VI Aston School, remains to this day. In 2019 there were 1086 girls on roll. Pupils must pass an 11-plus entrance exam to get into the school. The King Edward Schools are fiercely competitive to get admission to, as only 1 in 10 are successful in passing the entrance exam. The King Edward VI Foundation holds its exams at the same time, and generally a candidate will sit one exam for multiple schools within the foundation. Notable leaver's destinations from this school in previous years have been Birmingham, Aston, Oxford, and Nottingham. The leavers destinations by course were mainly medicine, dentistry, law, business studies and computer science.
| King Edward VI Handsworth School for Girls | |
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| Address | |
21 Rose Hill Road , West Midlands , B21 9AR England | |
| Coordinates | 52.5018°N 1.9237°W |
| Information | |
| Type | |
| Motto | Dieu et mon droit (God and my right -the motto of the British monarch) |
| Established | 1883 |
| Specialist | Arts and science |
| Department for Education URN | 137047 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Headmistress | Amy Whittall (Easter 2017–2023) |
| Staff | Approximately 87 |
| Gender | Girls |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 1086 |
| Houses | 4 |
| Colour(s) | Navy blue, emerald green, light blue |
| Publication | The Beacon |
| Website | https://kingedwardvi.bham.sch.uk |
The school has a record of high attainment and was deemed 'outstanding' in its last Ofsted inspection. In 2019, the Birmingham Mail ranked it as the second best school in the West Midlands, down from first place in 2018. Since 2017, GCSE pupils at King Edward VI Handsworth have consistently achieved exceptionally good results. According to the Times League Table, King Edward VI Handsworth School for Girls was ranked 13 in all of the United Kingdom.