Lordswood Girls' School


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

History

It was established in 1958 as a grammar technical school, whereby entrance was governed by doing well in an entrance exam. 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 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

Admissions

It is a female-only school for ages 11–18, with a mixed 6th form. It is situated close to the A4040, just south of the A456 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.

Academic performance

Compared to many comprehensive schools it consistently gets good results at GCSE level. At A level, the results are above the England average.
Lordswood Girls School was rated Outstanding at its latest Ofsted report. The school hasn't received a full Ofsted report since converting to an academy in 2011.
The 2017 Progress 8 score for the school was +0.79 with a rating of Well Above Average

Notable former pupils