| King Edward VI Handsworth School for Girls | |
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21 Rose Hill Road , , B21 9AR England | |
| Coordinates | 52°30′06″N 1°55′25″W / 52.5018°N 1.9237°W |
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| 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 |
| Head Teacher | David Goodwin |
| Staff | Approximately 87[1] |
| Gender | Girls |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 1274[2][3] |
| Houses | 4 |
| Colour(s) | Navy blue, emerald green, light blue |
| Publication | The Beacon |
| Website | https://kingedwardvi.bham.sch.uk[4] |
King Edward VI Handsworth School for Girls 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.[2] 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.
The school has a record of high attainment and was deemed 'outstanding' in its last Ofsted inspection.[3][5] In 2019, the Birmingham Mail ranked it as the second best school in the West Midlands, down from first place in 2018.[6][7] 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.
- ^ "Find and compare schools in England: King Edward VI Handsworth School workforce in 2018/2019". Find and compare schools in England. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Find and compare schools in England: King Edward VI Handsworth School Pupil population in 2018/2019". Find and compare schools in England. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Ofsted: King Edward VI Handsworth School". Ofsted. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ "King Edward VI Handsworth School For Girls websites". King Edward VI Handsworth School For Girls. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ "Find and compare schools in England: King Edward VI Handsworth School". Find and compare schools in England. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Chamberlain, Zoe (6 July 2019). "Best secondary schools in the West Midlands for 2019 - see how your school ranks". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Chamberlain, Zoe; Miller, Claire (6 July 2019). "Best secondary schools in Birmingham for 2019 - see how your school ranks". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 25 April 2020.