King Edward VI Handsworth School
Academy converter secondary school in Birmingham (Birmingham).
Location
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King Edward VI Handsworth School for Girls is an 11-18 selective girls' school. We are an academy, a member of the King Edward VI Multi Academy Trust and the King Edward VI Foundation in Birmingham. King Edward VI Handsworth School, Rose Hill Road, Birmingham B21 9AR
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
8 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- SchoolComms
- Lettings
- Request a Visit
- work experience
- volunteering
- Careers
- Politics and Democracy
- Retrieval Practice
Awards
2 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Basic Skills Quality MarkLiteracy and numeracy
- Duke of EdinburghPersonal development
Key facts
- URN
- 137047
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Girls
- Admissions
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Perry Barr
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2011
Governing body (13 current, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David Wheeldon Confirmed same person | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farheen Ahmed | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Jasdeep Dhaliwal | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Narjis Shah | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Joanna Cope | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Harish Medhekar | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ritu Sharma | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Ewan McIntosh | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Alison Mc Kerracher | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Matthew Trevor | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2021 · until 2029 |
| Miss Olivia Hinds | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2018 · until 2030 |
| Mr Phillip Crockford | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2018 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Mrs Gillian Ball Obe | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2016 · until 2028 |
| Abbas Dhalla Former | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
| Claire Toy Former | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · term ended 2025 |
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