Queensbridge School

Foundation school·Secondary school Birmingham·B13 8QB
Composite score
60.6
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#1,125
National rank
#94
In West Midlands
#29
In Birmingham
Top 36%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
48.5
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
46%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
66%
% EBacc grade 5+
14%
EBacc average points score
4.25

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
78%
203 first choices, 180 places
First choices per place
1.13
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
1,154
any preference, for 180 places
Last place offered lived
1.11 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 1786 m
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.17
00.511.52
1 per place
1.5620221.5220231.6320241.3020251.132026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
900
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
34.1%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
26.7%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
23.8%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.9%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.4%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
28.8%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.3
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,794
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
90%
176 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
90%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

Queensbridge School at a glance

Located in Birmingham, Queensbridge School is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. The school educates roughly 900 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 48.5 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 5.3 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 36% of secondary schools nationally.

46% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 66% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Queensbridge School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 203 first choices for 180 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 1.11 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. After Year 11, 90% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.4%. There are about 15.3 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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