Visit HGS This October

Waiting for your son’s 11+ results? Come and see what life at HGS is really like before submitting your secondary school preferences.

Year 7 Open Mornings

🗓️ Tuesday 20 October 2026 – Book your place 🎟️

🗓️  Wednesday 21 October 2026 – Book your place 🎟️

Thinking about your next steps after GCSEs? Visit HGS to explore our Sixth Form, meet staff and students, and discover the opportunities available to support your future ambitions.

Sixth Form Open Evening

🗓️  Thursday 22 October 2026, 4:30pm to 6:30pm

We look forward to welcoming prospective students and their families to HGS.

 

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Welcome
to king Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys

For more than 160 years, King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School has combined academic excellence with a genuine commitment to developing young people of character.

Our greatest strength is not our history, impressive though it is. It is the character of the students who walk through our gates each day and the community that helps them flourish.

Everything we do is shaped by our CARES values: Community, Aspiration, Respect, Endeavour and Service. They define our culture, our expectations and our belief that every student should be known, valued and challenged to achieve their very best.

Our students are curious, kind and ambitious. They embrace opportunities, support one another and make us proud every day, whether they are achieving success in the classroom, on the sports field, on the stage or through serving others. They are the finest ambassadors for our school.

As a selective grammar school for boys aged 11–16, with a thriving co-educational Sixth Form, we are proud to be part of the Grammar Schools in Birmingham, the King Edward VI Foundation and the King Edward VI Academy Trust. Together with our families, we nurture a love of learning, develop character and inspire every young person to make a positive difference in the world.

We hope our website gives you a flavour of what makes Handsworth Grammar School such a special place. Better still, we hope you will visit us and experience our community for yourself.

HOUSE
COMPETITION
POINTS

Students are assigned to one of five houses in Year 7 and can earn points through house competitions. The running total for this academic year can be found here:

4,680
Alfred
Alfred
4,646
Galahad
Galahad
4,686
Henry
Henry
4,642
Nelson
Nelson
4,620
William
William

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📚Year 7 Open Mornings📚

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11+ Entrance Test Reminder

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