King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls
Academy converter secondary school in Birmingham (Birmingham).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls is a non-selective, comprehensive school based in Harborne, Birmingham. We are a diverse school providing excellent education for girls ages 11-16. We are also very proud of our large co-educational sixth form that offers excellent progression for both boys and girls. I would like to welcome you to our school website.
We are a school that firmly believes in working together to ensure that every student in our school can thrive and continues to add value to their community throughout their life.
We hope you find the information contained within out website useful, if you cannot find what you are looking for please do not hesitate to contact the school via the contact details at the bottom of this page.
Enrichment
15 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Badminton
- Basketball
- Book Club
- Creative Writing
- Dance
- Drama
- Duke of Edinburgh
- Football
- Gymnastics
- Netball
- Photography
- Stem
- Accelerated Reader
- Kooth
- Place2Be
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Duke of EdinburghPersonal development
Key facts
- URN
- 136592
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Girls
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Edgbaston
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2011
Governing body (9 current, 8 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.1 governor is linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Moat Confirmed same person | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2029 |
| Ms Lisa Taylor Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
| Ms Samantha Calder-Terry Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Leigh | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Kamalpreet Bhartti | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mohammed Ayaz | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Bridget Kelly | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mary Oluwaseun | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Matthew Fox | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Ms Hannah Whitehouse | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Judy Johnson | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2018 · until 2030 |
| Ms Samantha Calder-Terry Former | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2026 · term ended 2026 |
| Richard Moat Confirmed same person Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Alison Wright Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Lisa Taylor Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Jeremy Trewin Former | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Ms Emma Aston Former | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record