St Paul's School for Girls, Birmingham

52°28′32″N 1°56′27″W / 52.4756°N 1.9407°W / 52.4756; -1.9407InformationTypeComprehensive voluntary aided schoolMottoOmnibus omnia
All things to all peopleReligious affiliation(s)Roman CatholicEstablished1908FounderSisters of Charity of St Paul the ApostleLocal authorityBirminghamSpecialistMaths & Computing, ScienceDepartment for Education URN103531 TablesOfstedReportsChairMary BrowningHead teacherD E CasserlyStaffc. 65 teaching
c. 45 supportingGenderGirlsAge11 to 19Enrolment968Websitehttp://www.stpaulgl.bham.sch.uk

St Paul's School For Girls is a voluntary aided, comprehensive, girls' school in Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK,

Admissions

It is a Roman Catholic school, and became a specialist school in maths and computing in September 2005. It is ethnically diverse, with a mixture of Black and White English/Irish pupils.

It is situated just north of the A456 and B4125, just south of Edgbaston Reservoir. The school is named after St Paul's Convent, and the headmistresses were nuns until 1998.

History

It was founded on 7 October 1908, from an earlier establishment based on Whittall Street. St Paul's Convent had been founded at Selly Park in 1864. In the 1940s, it became a Grammar School with selective entry based on the 11-plus. In 1975, it became a Comprehensive School.

Part of the school was destroyed by fire in November 1973. Mother Teresa visited on 12 September 1974. In 2010 a new Maths and English building was constructed named 'The Sister Suite' in reference to the nuns who founded the school, certain rooms inside the building were named after notable Sisters in the school's history.

Academic performance

It has relatively high GCSE pass rates for similar schools in the Birmingham LEA and in England. In 2023 the school received a Outstanding from Ofsted following on from the Outstanding they received in 2019. ^[1] In 2009 it got the second best A-level results for comprehensive schools in Birmingham, with results similar to a grammar school.

Notable former pupils

• Clare Short (b. 1946) - Labour Party Member of Parliament for Birmingham Ladywood (1983 to 2010)
• Julie Walters (b. 1950) - Actress
• Cherie Nursalim (b. 1967) - Indonesian businesswoman and philanthropist
• Sarah Smart (b. 1977) - Actress

See also

• Highclare School, an independent school in Sutton Coldfield founded by St Paul's Convent.

References

External links

• St Paul's School for Girls
• Sisters of St Paul Selly Park
• Ofsted