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St Paul's School for Girls

Birmingham, B16 9SLSecondaryAges 11–18GirlsState
Ofsted Rating
Outstanding
Feb 2023
Progress 8
+1.23
Well above average
−20+2
Competition
1.3×
Oversubscribed
215 1st-choice / 166 places
Ranking
🏆Top 5%
#22 of 3,141 nationally

About St Paul's School for Girls

St Paul's School for Girls achieves a Progress 8 score of 1.23, which is dramatically above the Birmingham local authority average of 0.09 for secondary schools. This places the school second out of 83 schools in the borough and in the top 1% nationally. The gap is not marginal — pupils here make well over a grade more progress per subject than the typical student in Birmingham. The school's Attainment 8 score of 65.1 and EBacc average points score of 5.83 reinforce the picture of strong academic performance across the board. With 92% of pupils achieving a grade 4 or above in English and maths, and 42.9% entering the EBacc, this is a school where high expectations are clearly the norm. The Progress 8 banding is rated 'Well above average', and the confidence interval (1.01 to 1.45) confirms the result is statistically significant — this is not a fluke.

Key Details

School TypeSecondary (State)
Age Range11 to 18 years
GenderGirls
Religious CharacterRoman Catholic
AddressVernon Road, Birmingham, Birmingham, B16 9SL
HeadteacherDawn Casserly
Local AuthorityBirmingham
Number of Pupils1,046
Free School Meals (FSM)29.5%
School Capacity1,046 / 1,000 (105% full)
Sixth FormYes

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

3 Feb 2023
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Overall Effectiveness
Outstanding
Leadership & Management
Outstanding
Sixth Form Provision
Good

Latest monitoring visit (3 Feb 2023): School remains Outstanding

Source: Ofsted, 21 Jun 2017. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

Facilities

10
TheatreTennis CourtsSports HallMusic RoomsArt StudiosPlaying FieldsDining HallGymnasiumSixth Form CentreChapel

Facilities may vary. Contact the school for current availability.

Extracurriculars

15

Sports

BadmintonFootballTennisAthleticsGymnasticsBasketball

Clubs & Activities

OrchestraDebateGardeningYoung EnterpriseFilm ClubCodingBook ClubScience ClubDuke of Edinburgh

Activities may vary by term. Contact the school for current offerings.

SEND Support

AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguageHearingVisionPhysicalLearning DifficultyOther

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

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St Paul's School for Girls has been rated "Outstanding" by Ofsted. This means the school provides an exceptional quality of education, and pupils thrive both academically and personally.