King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls

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King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls
Address
King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls
Knightlow Road

Harborne

Birmingham
,
West Midlands
,
B17 8QB

England
Coordinates 52°28′08″N1°57′48″W / 52.46877°N 1.96321°W / 52.46877; -1.96321
Information
Type Academy
MottoQuod Possum Perficio Cognoscere Rerum Causas
Established1958
Local authority Birmingham City Council
Department for Education URN 136592 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Chair of the GovernorsR. Minott
HeadteacherKerry Cooney
GenderGirls
Age11to 18
Enrolment959 as of March 2016
Colour(s)Blue and White mainly
Website https://lsg.kevibham.org/

King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls and The Sixth Form Centre is a secondary school and sixth form on Knightlow Road in Birmingham between Harborne and Bearwood.

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History

It was established in 1958 as a grammar technical school (as was the neighbouring boys' school from 1962, although it opened in 1957), whereby entrance was governed by doing well in an entrance exam (11-plus). In 1973 it became a comprehensive school. In September 2005 it became a specialist Arts College. The school converted to academy status in April 2011.

On 1 June 2012, Lordswood had their grand opening of their new science block. This was officially opened by Gisela Stuart MP.

In January 2013, Lordswood Boys' School also converted to academy status and joined Lordswood Girls' School as part of Lordswood Academies Trust.

In July 2017 Lordswood Boys' School left Lordswood Academies Trust after an extended period in Special Measures after being rated Inadequate in multiple Ofsted inspections [1] and undergoing a severe drop in the number of students enrolled. The newly formed Central Academies Trust took over running of the boys school from September 2017 [2]

In March 2022 an Ofsted inspection rated Lordswood Girls’ School as ‘Requires Improvement’ focusing on inadequate leadership, curriculum planning and poor tracking of student progress. [3] Following this, in July 2022, National Education Union members at the school balloted in favour of strike action in opposition to forced transfer of their employment to King Edward VI Academy Trust as well as in opposition to ongoing ‘unacceptable management practices’. [4]

Admissions

It is a female-only school for ages 11–18, with a mixed 6th form. It is situated close to the A4040 (Lordswood Road), just south of the A456 (Hagley Road) junction. Next door, to the north, is the Lordswood Boys' School.

The school has a mixed sixth form provision along with Lordswood Boys' School. The sixth form provision as a whole forms part of Oaks Sixth Form College , a consortium of six secondary schools in South-West Birmingham. [5]

Academic performance

The school consistently gets good results at GCSE level.[ citation needed ] At A level, the results are above the England average.[ citation needed ]

Lordswood Girls’ School was rated Requires Improvement (3) at its latest Ofsted inspection (March 2022). [6] This was the first full Ofsted report since converting to an academy in 2011. Previous to academisation the school had been rated Outstanding.

The 2019 Progress 8 score for the school was +0.74 with a rating of Well Above Average. [7]

Notable former pupils

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References

  1. ↑ Ofsted Communications Team. (5 November 2010). "Find an inspection report". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Central Academies Trust". www.centralacademiestrust.com. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  3. ↑ Ofsted (11 May 2022). "Ofsted reports". Ofsted. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  4. ↑ Twitter https://twitter.com/birminghamneu/status/1545408676089024512 . Retrieved 8 July 2022.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ "The Oaks Sixth Form College" . Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  6. ↑ Ofsted Communications Team. (5 November 2010). "Find an inspection report". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "Lordswood Girls' School and Sixth Form Centre - GOV.UK - Find and compare schools in England". Find and compare schools in England. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "Meet Preet Gill, UK's First Female Sikh MP Who Just Won From Edgbaston". HuffPost. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband being served up at Oldbury Rep". Halesowen News. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2018.

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