St Paul’s School for Girls, Edgbaston

Comprehensive

National rank

73

90

Rank last year

82.3%

A-level

A-level

A*-B

53.3%

GCSE

GCSE

A*/A/9/8/7

Comprehensive School of the Year in the West Midlands 2025

Need to know

Head teacher

Dawn Casserly

Gender of entry

Girls

Total pupils

1,018

Head teacher

Dawn Casserly

Gender of entry

Girls

Total pupils

1,018

Head teacher

Dawn Casserly

Gender of entry

Girls

Total pupils

1,018

Progress 8

WELL ABOVE AVERAGE

Pupils on free school meals

24.2%

Progress 8

WELL ABOVE AVERAGE

Pupils on free school meals

24.2%

Our methodology
Results

A-level 2024 rank: 47

Grade

%

A*

12.1

A

34.4

B

35.8

A*/A

46.5

A*-B

82.3

GCSE 2024 rank: 138

Grade

%

A*/9/8

34.5

A/7

18.9

A*/A/9/8/7

53.3

What the school inspection says

Date of report
2023
Verdict *
Outstanding
“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).”
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*From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A consultation on the new report cards will take place in 2025.

About the school

  • It was founded in 1908 by the Sisters of Charity of St Paul the Apostle, who still support the school both financially and as governors.
  • Attendance is closely monitored and displayed, with graphs on noticeboards, publications of attendance leagues and a prize-giving for the winning form.
  • Famous alumnae include the  actress Julie Walters and the former Labour MP Clare Short.
  • It’s the first and only school in the country to run its own Air Cadets programme; the all-girl flight is set to become its own squadron.
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