Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School
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81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.7
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King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys
- Pupils on roll
- 815of 800 places
- Free school meals
- 31.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 171
- Ofsted
- Good, 3 July 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: King's Norton Boys' School (URN 103562, until 1 January 2024).
What the data says
King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys has no sixth form. Of the 145 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 1% moved to a sixth form college, 59% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 21% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 47.6 against 46.1 across England and 46.6 in Birmingham, with 56% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Birmingham and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Birmingham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 145 | 14,526 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 88% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 28% | 33% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 1% | 13% | 13% |
| — further education college | 59% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Birmingham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 47.6 | 46.6 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 56% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 72% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 54% | 48% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.34 | 4.15 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 33% | 48% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 41.4 | 40.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 50.7 | 52.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 13% | 39% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 169 | 99% | 88% | 20% | 22% | 78% |
| English Language | 168 | 98% | 89% | 18% | 20% | 77% |
| English Literature | 166 | 97% | 86% | 17% | 21% | 79% |
| Combined Science | 115 | 67% | 65% | 7% | 9% | 57% |
| History | 94 | 55% | 41% | 24% | 26% | 62% |
| Geography | 84 | 49% | 41% | 18% | 25% | 69% |
| Business Studies | 56 | 33% | 18% | 23% | 20% | 73% |
| Biology | 50 | 29% | 23% | 48% | 45% | 96% |
| Chemistry | 50 | 29% | 23% | 46% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 50 | 29% | 23% | 42% | 46% | 92% |
| Spanish | 49 | 29% | 19% | 12% | 27% | 61% |
| Physical Education | 44 | 26% | 11% | 2% | 24% | 57% |
| French | 43 | 25% | 18% | 16% | 29% | 81% |
| Art and Design | 36 | 21% | 7% | 11% | 24% | 89% |
| Computer Science | 35 | 20% | 13% | 11% | 30% | 60% |
| Design and Technology | 34 | 20% | 11% | 6% | 23% | 65% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 33 | 19% | 8% | 3% | 21% | 45% |
| Religious Studies | 24 | 14% | 31% | 25% | 32% | 71% |
| Music | 12 | 7% | 5% | 50% | 33% | 92% |
| Drama | 12 | 7% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 50% |
| Arabic | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| German | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 45 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 23 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.