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State secondary schools in Birmingham

89 schools · West Midlands · 2024/25 Department for Education figures

Birmingham has 89 state secondaries, 50 of them with sixth forms, 8 grammar schools among them. 75.7% of families got their first choice last year, worse than most of England. Results run from 12.7% to 99.4% passing English and maths, a spread of 87 points, with a middle school at 43.7%, almost exactly England's 45.4%.

Of those Ofsted has graded, 11 rated Outstanding, 55 Good, 4 Requires improvement. 19 schools carry no overall grade at all — either inspected since Ofsted stopped issuing one in September 2024, or never inspected.

89 schools in Birmingham. Tap one, or see the full list.
13% 99% passed English & maths no figure

Birmingham against England

State-funded schools, 2024/25

45%

Passed English & maths grade 5 or above

in line with England

England 45%

46.6

Attainment 8 average score

in line with England

England 46.1

21%

Persistently absent missed 10% of sessions

in line with England

England 21%

Getting a place

2026/27 secondary admissions round, across Birmingham

75.7%

Got their first choiceof those who applied

England 84%

93.1%

Got one of their threefirst, second or third

<0.1%

Got no offer at allfrom any preference

12%

Appeals upheld80 of 674 heard

These are figures for Birmingham as a whole. A popular school can be much harder to get into than the average suggests, and the criteria that decide it are set by each school's own admission authority rather than centrally. How applying works

How much the choice matters here

Across Birmingham's 86 schools, the share passing English and maths runs from 13% to 99%. That is a spread of 87 percentage points, wider than most councils.

The typical council spans about 48 points. Where schools are close together the school a child gets matters less; where they are far apart it matters a great deal. The widest spreads are all selective areas, where grammar schools sit at one end and everything else at the other.

Birmingham schools, subject by subject

The share reaching grade 4 or above, among schools entering at least 20 pupils. Which pupils take a subject differs a lot between schools, so read this as what happened rather than as a ranking of teaching.

mathsenglish literatureenglish languagehistorygeographycombined sciencereligious studiesbiologyphysicschemistryfrenchartcomputer sciencebusiness studiesspanishdesign technologyfood technologyphysical education
  1. 1 King Edward VI Five Ways School Birmingham · 60 entries 100%
  2. 2 King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys Birmingham · 25 entries 92%
  3. 3 Eden Boys' School, Birmingham Birmingham · 95 entries 88%
  4. 4 Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East Birmingham · 97 entries 85%
  5. 5 Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham Birmingham · 96 entries 84%
  6. 6 The Arthur Terry School Sutton Coldfield · 225 entries 76%
  7. 7 Bishop Walsh Catholic School Sutton Coldfield · 128 entries 74%
  8. 8 Birmingham Ormiston Academy Birmingham · 158 entries 74%
  9. 9 Plantsbrook School Sutton Coldfield · 183 entries 73%
  10. 10 Kings Norton Girls' School Birmingham · 102 entries 73%
  11. 11 St Paul's School for Girls Birmingham · 130 entries 72%
  12. 12 King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy Birmingham · 160 entries 69%
  13. 13 Wheelers Lane Technology College Birmingham · 102 entries 69%
  14. 14 King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls Birmingham · 106 entries 68%
  15. 15 Queensbridge School Birmingham · 145 entries 66%
  16. 16 Ark St Alban's Academy Birmingham · 152 entries 65%
  17. 17 E-ACT Heartlands Academy Birmingham · 120 entries 63%
  18. 18 St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School Birmingham · 124 entries 63%
  19. 19 Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School Birmingham · 148 entries 62%
  20. 20 Starbank School Birmingham · 176 entries 61%
  21. 21 King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy Birmingham · 175 entries 61%
  22. 22 Fairfax Sutton Coldfield · 152 entries 61%
  23. 23 E-ACT North Birmingham Academy Birmingham · 166 entries 60%
  24. 24 St Edmund Campion Catholic School Birmingham · 140 entries 59%
  25. 25 King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys Birmingham · 115 entries 57%
  26. 26 Aston University Engineering Academy Birmingham · 42 entries 57%
  27. 27 King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls Birmingham · 91 entries 57%
  28. 28 Arena Academy Birmingham · 197 entries 56%
  29. 29 Swanshurst School Birmingham · 214 entries 56%
  30. 30 Hodge Hill Girls' School Birmingham · 123 entries 55%
  31. 31 St John Wall Catholic School Birmingham · 96 entries 55%
  32. 32 Hall Green School Birmingham · 145 entries 55%
  33. 33 The University of Birmingham School Birmingham · 97 entries 55%
  34. 34 Holy Trinity Catholic School Birmingham · 116 entries 54%
  35. 35 Broadway Academy Birmingham · 196 entries 54%
  36. 36 Hillcrest School and Sixth Form Centre Birmingham · 74 entries 54%
  37. 37 Small Heath Leadership Academy Birmingham · 198 entries 53%
  38. 38 Selly Park Girls' School Birmingham · 120 entries 53%
  39. 39 Hodge Hill College Birmingham · 186 entries 52%
  40. 40 Stockland Green School Birmingham · 108 entries 52%
  41. 41 King Edward VI Balaam Wood Academy Birmingham · 73 entries 51%
  42. 42 Washwood Heath Academy Birmingham · 240 entries 50%
  43. 43 Ark Kings Academy Birmingham · 116 entries 50%
  44. 44 Nishkam High School Birmingham · 50 entries 50%
  45. 45 Fortis Academy Birmingham · 264 entries 49%
  46. 46 Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form Birmingham · 91 entries 48%
  47. 47 Bishop Challoner Catholic College Birmingham · 125 entries 47%
  48. 48 Lordswood Boys' School Birmingham · 70 entries 47%
  49. 49 Ark Boulton Academy Birmingham · 138 entries 47%
  50. 50 Jewellery Quarter Academy Birmingham · 141 entries 47%
  51. 51 Ark Victoria Academy Birmingham · 110 entries 46%
  52. 52 Ninestiles, an Academy Birmingham · 226 entries 46%
  53. 53 Erdington Academy Birmingham · 146 entries 45%
  54. 54 Aston Manor Academy Birmingham · 100 entries 44%
  55. 55 The Royal Sutton School Sutton Coldfield · 125 entries 42%
  56. 56 Moseley School and Sixth Form Birmingham · 207 entries 41%
  57. 57 Hamstead Hall Academy Birmingham · 100 entries 41%
  58. 58 Holyhead School Birmingham · 164 entries 41%
  59. 59 Saltley Academy Birmingham · 229 entries 41%
  60. 60 Rockwood Academy Birmingham · 179 entries 40%
  61. 61 Colmers School and Sixth Form College Birmingham · 154 entries 40%
  62. 62 Star King Solomon Academy Birmingham · 69 entries 39%
  63. 63 Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School Birmingham · 101 entries 39%
  64. 64 Lift Four Dwellings Secondary Birmingham · 87 entries 36%
  65. 65 Waverley School Birmingham · 168 entries 35%
  66. 66 Cockshut Hill School Birmingham · 121 entries 34%
  67. 67 Harborne Academy Birmingham · 66 entries 33%
  68. 68 Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School Birmingham · 109 entries 33%
  69. 69 E-ACT Shenley Academy Birmingham · 138 entries 33%
  70. 70 Lift Greenwood Birmingham · 130 entries 31%
  71. 71 City Academy Birmingham · 99 entries 30%
  72. 72 Kings Heath Secondary School Birmingham · 85 entries 27%
  73. 73 Turves Green Boys' School Birmingham · 54 entries 26%
  74. 74 Bartley Green School Birmingham · 108 entries 26%
  75. 75 Bournville School Birmingham · 85 entries 26%
  76. 76 Holte School Birmingham · 169 entries 24%
  77. 77 Tile Cross Academy Birmingham · 74 entries 23%
  78. 78 George Dixon Academy Birmingham · 112 entries 20%
  79. 79 Waverley Studio College Birmingham · 46 entries 15%
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Every school in Birmingham

Schools in neighbouring authorities are not in this list, because admissions run per authority. See bordering areas.

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Pick up to 4 schools to see them side by side in the comparison tool, subject by subject.

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A levels in Birmingham

43 of Birmingham's 50 sixth forms publish A level results. Ranked on the share reaching AAB or better in at least two of the subjects universities name, which is the measure the steepest entry requirements are written in.

Sixth form Grade AAB+

A level results only. A sixth form running mostly BTECs and other applied courses will show a dash here and can still be the right one — those are graded on their own scale, where a distinction and an A grade carry the same points and mean different things.

Bordering Birmingham

Near a boundary, schools on both sides are usually in reach. Whether a child can apply is set by each school's admission criteria, not by the border.

Dudley 19 schools · 41% passed English & mathsSandwell 22 schools · 34% passed English & mathsSolihull 15 schools · 48% passed English & mathsStaffordshire 56 schools · 40% passed English & mathsWalsall 19 schools · 39% passed English & mathsWarwickshire 39 schools · 50% passed English & mathsWorcestershire 31 schools · 41% passed English & maths

What these mean

Attainment 8
The average pupil's total score across eight GCSE-equivalent subjects, with English and maths counting double. It is scored out of 90. A score of 50 is roughly equivalent to achieving a grade 5 across eight subjects.
Grades 4 and 5
GCSEs are graded from 9 down to 1. Grade 4 is a standard pass and broadly corresponds to the old grade C; grade 5 is what the government calls a strong pass. Grade 7 is broadly equivalent to an old grade A.
Persistent absence
The share of pupils who miss at least 10% of their possible sessions during the school year. This includes both authorised and unauthorised absence, so illness and other authorised reasons are included. Persistent absence has remained substantially higher than its pre-pandemic level.
First preference
The share of families who were offered the school they ranked first on their application, on national offer day in March. This figure is calculated across the relevant schools or admissions authority, so a high overall figure does not necessarily mean that every individual school is easy to get into.
Spare places
The amount of available capacity a school has compared with the number of pupils on roll. This is different from oversubscription: spare places measure whether a school has capacity, whereas oversubscription describes demand for places exceeding the number available. A school with no spare places may be popular, but a small school can also be full without receiving a large number of applications.
Average A-level grade
The average grade achieved across students' A-level entries. This is different from measures such as the proportion achieving AAB or better in two or more facilitating subjects, which are sometimes used to indicate higher attainment and university-entry performance.
Covers state-funded schools in England; independent schools are not included, and neither the list nor the subject figures above take account of them.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Key stage 4 performance and school characteristics: Department for Education, 2024/25. Inspection outcomes: Ofsted.