St Paul’s School for Girls, Edgbaston

Comprehensive

National rank

173=

73

Rank last year

72%

A-level

A-level

A*-B

42%

GCSE

GCSE

9/8/7

Comprehensive School of the Year in the West Midlands 2026

Need to know

Head teacher Dawn Casserly
Attendance 95.3%
Gender of entry Girls
Send pupils* 36.6% *Special educational needs and disabilities
Total pupils 1,046
Pupils on free school meals 29.5%
Progress 8

Progress 8 is a measure of the development a school cohort/pupils makes from year 6 to year 11. The data used is from 2024. There will be no KS2 updates for 2025 or 2026 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is consulting on an improved version of Progress 8 and Attainment 8

WELL ABOVE AVERAGE
Our methodology
Results

A-level 2025 rank: 134=

Grade

%

A*/A

44

A*-B

72

GCSE 2025 rank: 213

Grade

%

9/8/7

42

What the school inspection says

“Leaders at St Paul’s School for Girls have created a welcoming school culture where there is high ambition ... There are strong, caring relationships between staff and pupils. Pupils conduct themselves exceptionally well in lessons and during social times. [They] are confident, polite and tolerant individuals ... Parents and carers think highly of the school. One parent commented that, ‘St Paul’s is not just a secondary school, it is a second home to our daughter’ … Pupils have access to a wide range of enrichment activities after school and at weekends. They particularly enjoy sporting and performing arts clubs. These are very well attended by pupils, including disadvantaged pupils and those pupils with special needs and/or disabilities (Send).”
Inspection
2023
*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.

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