[6][7] Since 2017, GCSE pupils at King Edward VI Handsworth have consistently achieved exceptionally good results.

According to the Times League Table, King Edward VI Handsworth School for Girls was ranked 13 in all of the United Kingdom.

[9] The architect was P. B. Chatwin[10] and he designed a building[10] with a number of specialist areas which included the library and the "playroom" (a whole school common-room).

[citation needed] Transfer to King Edward VI High School for Girls for sixth form studies was not unusual.

[citation needed] Since the renovation of the church (bought by the school) into a music centre, this room is now used as an ICT suite.

[9] In 2005, the new sports hall was built, using sponsorship money from companies such as O2,[citation needed] and a church organ was bought by the school to be renovated and used for music studies.

In the 1970s the houses were rearranged again and given names of precious stones – Amethyst, Coral, Garnet and Topaz, because of the school's proximity to the Jewellery Quarter.

At the end of the 1990s they were renamed once more after famous women – Brontë, Pankhurst, Franklin and Nightingale, and when an extra form group was introduced in 2003 the new house of Curie, then un-introduced in 2005.

In September 2009 the houses were renamed, once again after famous women, this time – Parks (yellow), Keller (blue), Astor (green) and Cavell (red)).