Founded in 1527, Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School is a very special place, providing an outstanding and inspiring academically challenging, and well-rounded education for able boys and girls from Birmingham and across the Midlands.
Academically, we are one of the top-performing state schools nationally: ‘A’ level, 80% A*-B (2017) and at GCSE (2017), 72% of grades attained were Grade 7 or better in the reformed English Language and Mathematics and 70% of grades were awarded A*/A in the unreformed GCSE qualifications. From our Sixth Form, almost three-quarters of our students go on to study at the prestigious Russell Group universities. We offer a wide range of extra-curricular opportunities from debating, music, and chess to netball, rugby, and rowing. Our ‘Vesey Experience’ is much prized by all stakeholders.
Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School is committed to providing excellent teaching and learning in an environment that enables individuals to gain the highest possible academic and personal achievements. The school actively supports the development of social responsibility and self-worth.
Our vision is to offer inspirational teaching and outstanding learning, that enable our students to achieve academic excellence and to develop a spirit of inquiry and curiosity. We offer enrichment opportunities that build leadership, independence, and resilience. We are a warm, outward-looking community, celebrating diversity and supporting others.
Curriculum departments have access to the latest technology and teaching methods to support effective learning. These include a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Centre with science laboratories, modern well-equipped, and networked information technology suites, specialist mathematics teaching rooms, and a robotics room. There are also large art rooms, a specialist music center, a modern library resources facility, and extensive study areas.
The school understands the important contribution that facilities can make to school life and student enjoyment. Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School has a spacious mix of accommodation and facilities on extensive and attractive grounds. We have wide-ranging specialist facilities that cater to all aspects of the curricular and extra-curricular activity.
