Sutton Coldfield, B74 2NH · Birmingham · Grammar school
Generated by AI from the official inspection report — not written by Ofsted or SchoolsGPT staff. Always read the full Ofsted PDF before relying on this summary.
Overview: Bishop Vesey's Grammar School is an outstanding school that provides a rich, well-rounded, and high-quality education to its pupils. The school has a vibrant atmosphere, and pupils are proud of their education and the opportunities they receive. Pupils and their parents speak exceptionally highly of the school, and the school succeeds fully in its mission to develop its pupils into well-rounded, thoughtful adults.
Strengths:
Areas to improve: The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.
Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.
Children living within the school's defined priority area (varies by school)
Source: LA admission policy PDF
One shared test for all eight Birmingham grammar schools, arranged by the King Edward VI Foundation and provided by GL Assessment: two papers of about an hour each, covering English comprehension, verbal reasoning, mathematics, and non-verbal/spatial reasoning. Answers are multiple-choice and scores are age-standardised. There is no fixed pass mark — after the test, each school sets its own qualifying and priority score thresholds, so the same result can qualify a child for some of the eight schools but not others. Camp Hill schools have historically had the highest cutoffs. Register once (online, via the West Midlands Grammar Schools website, historically by late June of Year 5); the single result is used by every Birmingham grammar school named on your Common Application Form.
Of the 196-student 2019/20 leaver cohort, sustaining a higher-education destination the following year. This is the last cohort the Department for Education published with an Oxbridge/Russell Group breakdown — these categories were discontinued as official accountability measures after this release, so a more recent figure does not exist.
Median price for the school's electoral ward, year ending March 2023 — a neighbourhood-level indicator, not the school's actual admissions catchment (catchments are often smaller than a ward or span parts of several).
Entry requirement: Minimum 52 points (Best 8 score), grade 5+ in English Language and Mathematics GCSE, plus subject-specific minimums for each A-level choice. 66+ points required to take 4 A-levels. 80 places available for external applicants.
Source: school's own admissions page. Entry requirements are set independently by each school and reviewed annually — always confirm current-year figures directly with the school.
Same area, prioritising the same phase — useful for shortlisting alternatives.
Data sourced from GIAS, Ofsted and official Birmingham admissions publications. Figures can change year to year — always confirm with the school before applying.
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