King Edward VI Handsworth School Grounds (Birmingham)

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King Edward VI Handsworth School is a voluntary aided grammar school for girls aged 11–18 and is located in Handsworth, Birmingham. It is part of the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI.

King Edward VI Handsworth School opened on the 14 th September 1911 with 450 girls. It was formed by the merger of three schools: Aston (about 250 girls), Summer Hill (80) and Bath Row (50). The Headmistress was Miss Nimmo, who was in post from 1883, when the girls’ school at Aston opened, until she retired in 1915.

The school at Handsworth cost £50 000 to build, a lot of money at the beginning of the twentieth century. The architect was PB Chatwin. The building design was very modern with a number of specialist areas including the library and the playroom, a whole school common-room. The gymnasium was located in the room used for music in 2005. The Hall had wooden panelling at the bottom (now pale green) and was cream at the top (now blue) with none of the ornate plasterwork picked out. Despite central heating, the school was very cold until the 1950’s when a new system was installed and girls wore their coats and carried hot water bottles when they did examinations in the library.

Gender: Girls
Age range: 11-18
Number of pupils on roll: 906

Rose Hill Road
Birmingham
West Midlands
B21 9AR

Telephone number: 0121 5542342
Fax number: 0121 5543879