King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls’ Academy Admissions Policies can be viewed here:
KEVI HWGA Admissions Policy (September 2025)
KEVI HWGA Admissions Policy (September 2024)
Where the number of applications for admission exceeds the number of
places available at the school, places are offered as follows:
Within each of these categories, priority is given to those who live nearest the school, calculated on the basis of a straight-line measurement between the child’s home address and the school.
Notes: Any child with an Educational Health & Care Plan or a statement of special educational needs (SEN) is required to be admitted to the school that is named in their statement. This gives any such child overall priority for admission to the named school. This is not an over subscription criterion.
Applications made outside the normal admissions round (in-year admissions) will be made directly to the school. Birmingham City Council will provide an ‘In Year’ application form for parents to complete.
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We also require proof of your current address dated within the last 3 months, a copy of your daughter passport and your daughter’s birth certificate. Please send all completed forms to enquiry@hwga.org.uk
King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls’ Academy abides by the procedures regarding pupils who are granted places at the school following an appeal. Such pupils are welcomed into the school community.
Further guidance on Admissions and Appeals can be found in ‘Secondary Education Opportunities for your child in Birmingham’.
Families with children due to start secondary school in September 2025 (i.e. those children born between 1 September 2013 and 31 August 2014) are now able to apply online for secondary school places.
The deadline for applications is 31 October 2024 and places will be offered on 3 March 2025.
It is particularly important that families carefully consider schools’ admission criteria and name at least one school on their application where their child would have been offered a place in previous years.
KEVI HWGA 2025 Admissions Policy
A limited number of external admissions is anticipated each year into Year 12. For entry into Year 12 in September 2025 this number is expected to be 25. External candidates wishing to apply for a place in the Sixth Form should contact the school. It is not necessary for parents of existing pupils to apply formally for places in Year 12. Places will be provided to internal students who meet the entry requirements.
All admissions information for Sixth Form can be found here
| A Level Subject: | Course specific entry requirements: |
| Art | Grade 5 or Merit in Art related course at GCSE |
| Biology | Grade 6 in GCSE Biology or GCSE Combined Science Grades 6:6 and Grade 6 in Maths |
| Business Studies | Minimum entry requirements |
| Economics | Grade 5 in English Language and Grade 6 in Maths |
| Chemistry | Grade 6 in GCSE Chemistry or GCSE Combined Science Grades 6:6 and Grade 6 in Maths |
| English Literature | Grade 6 in GCSE English Literature or Language |
| Further Mathematics | Grade 8 in GCSE Mathematics |
| Geography | Grade 6 in GCSE Geography and Grade 5 in Maths and English Language |
| History | Grade 6 in GCSE History and Grade 5 in English Language |
| Law | Minimum entry requirements |
| Mathematics | Grade 6 in GCSE Mathematics |
| Physics | Grade 6 in GCSE Physics or GCSE Combined Science Grades 6:6 and Grade 6 in GCSE Mathematics |
| Psychology | Grade 5 in English Language and Mathematics |
| Religious Studies | Minimum entry requirements |
| Sociology | Minimum entry requirements |
| BTEC: | Course specific entry requirements: |
| Applied Science –L3 AAQ National Extended Certificate | Minimum entry requirements |
| Health and Social Care – L3 AAQ National Extended Certificate | Minimum entry requirements |
| ICT – L3 AAQ National Extended Certificate | Minimum entry requirements |
| Applied Criminology – Diploma | Minimum entry requirements |
It is important to note that due to government funding being removed for BTECs that overlap with the new T Levels, it may not be possible to re-sit the BTEC you have chosen. For further information about T Levels, please visit Technical education in England: T Levels – House of Commons Library (parliament.uk). You can also get further information about BTECs phasing out here: Level 3 qualifications reform: What’s happening to BTECs? (parliament.uk)
