Some schools achieved a 100% success rate for pupils gaining grade 5 or above in English and maths
05:56, 19 Aug 2025Updated 08:26, 21 Aug 2025
A remarkable 100% of pupils are King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls achieved grade 5 or above in English and maths in 2024(Image: King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls)
It’s not long to go until the GCSE results are out so we’re taking a look at which schools in Birmingham got the best grades last year.
GCSE results day is on Thursday August 21 and pupils will be heading back to their schools from 8am to find out if they have got the grades they’re hoping for.
Grade boundaries vary from year to year depending on the results. Examiners collate the boundaries once all the papers are marked.
The grade boundaries are the minimum number of marks needed for each grade.
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So, which were the best performing secondary schools in 2024?
Our data team has been busy analysing last year’s grades to see which were the highest across the city.
Some schools – including King Edwards VI Camp Hill School for Boys and for Girls and King Edward VI Handsworth School – achieved a 100% success rate for pupils gaining grade 5 or above in English and maths.
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Other top places went to Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls, Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School, St Paul’s School for Girls and the Eden schools and academies.
Here are the top 20 schools in Birmingham, according to the GCSE results in 2024.
Birmingham’s best secondary schools according to GCSE results
This list shows the top 20 high schools in the city. Scroll across to see the percentage of pupils who achieved grade 5 or above in English and maths:
GCSE grades are ranked from 1 (the lowest) to 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest) but they don’t exactly match up with the original A-G grading system.
Grades 7-9 are classed as A to A*, grades 4-6 are classed as C to B and grades 1-3 are classed as G to D. U remains U.
The Department for Education considers grade 4 a ‘standard pass’ and grade 5 a ‘strong pass’.
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