
2026 Best Secondary Schools in Birmingham Council Area
Schools across the Birmingham council area. Explore 121 secondary schools in Birmingham Council Area. The current top-ranked secondary schools are King Edward VI High School for Girls, King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls, and King Edward's School. Compare local rankings, GCSE results, FMS Inspection Score, and neighbourhood options in one place.
Key Performance Metrics for Birmingham Council Area
% students achieving grades 9-7 (A*-A equivalent)
Birmingham Council Area66%
vs
England56%
Average Attainment 8 score (out of 90)
Birmingham Council Area44.6
vs
England39.1
% pupils entering EBacc subjects
Birmingham Council Area43%
vs
England41%
Average EBacc APS score (out of 10)
Birmingham Council Area4.0
vs
England4.1
Average FMS Inspection Score (out of 10)
Birmingham Council Area7.4/10
vs
England7.4/10
% students achieving grades 9-7 (A*-A equivalent)
Birmingham Council Area
66%vsEngland
56%
Average Attainment 8 score (out of 90)
Birmingham Council Area
44.6vsEngland
39.1
% pupils entering EBacc subjects
Birmingham Council Area
43%vsEngland
41%
Average EBacc APS score (out of 10)
Birmingham Council Area
4.0vsEngland
4.1
Average FMS Inspection Score (out of 10)
Birmingham Council Area
7.4/10vsEngland
7.4/10
Top schools in Birmingham Council Area
Showing 1-20 of 121 schools
- King Edward VI High School for Girls
Edgbaston
- King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls
Kings Heath
- King Edward's School
Edgbaston
- Bishop Vesey's Grammar School
Four Oaks
- King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys
Kings Heath
- Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls
Walmley
- King Edward VI Five Ways School
Bartley Green
- King Edward VI Handsworth School
Handsworth
- King Edward VI Aston School
Aston
- Edgbaston High School for Girls
Edgbaston
- King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys
Handsworth
- Al-Burhan Grammar School
Sparkhill
- Elmhurst Ballet School
Edgbaston
- St Paul's School for Girls
Edgbaston
- Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham
Small Heath
- Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East
Alum Rock
- St George's School Edgbaston
Edgbaston
- Eden Boys' School, Birmingham
Perry Barr
- Kings Norton Girls' School
Kings Norton
- Heritage Academy
Balsall Heath
All 121 secondary schools in Birmingham Council Area
- #1King Edward VI High School for Girls
- #2King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls
- #3King Edward's School
- #4Bishop Vesey's Grammar School
- #5King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys
- #6Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls
- #7King Edward VI Five Ways School
- #8King Edward VI Handsworth School
- #9King Edward VI Aston School
- #10Edgbaston High School for Girls
- #11King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys
- #12Al-Burhan Grammar School
- #13Elmhurst Ballet School
- #14St Paul's School for Girls
- #15Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham
- #16Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East
- #17St George's School Edgbaston
- #18Eden Boys' School, Birmingham
- #19Kings Norton Girls' School
- #20Heritage Academy
- #21Flexible Learning School
- #22Swanshurst School
- #23Wheelers Lane Technology College
- #24E-ACT Heartlands Academy
- #25The Arthur Terry School
- #26Priory School
- #27Nishkam High School
- #28Birmingham Ormiston Academy
- #29Selly Park Girls' School
- #30Highclare School
- #31Aston Manor Academy
- #32Bishop Walsh Catholic School
- #33King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls
- #34Redstone Academy for Boys
- #35Green Oak Academy
- #36Hillcrest School and Sixth Form Centre
- #37Holy Trinity Catholic School
- #38Plantsbrook School
- #39Bishop Challoner Catholic College
- #40Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School
- #41Fairfax
- #42E-ACT North Birmingham Academy
- #43Queensbridge School
- #44Starbank School
- #45Mander Portman Woodward Independent College
- #46Yardleys School
- #47Camp Hill Education
- #48Darul Uloom Islamic High School
- #49St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School
- #50St John Wall Catholic School
- #51Hazrat Khadijatul Kubra Girls School
- #52Ark Victoria Academy
- #53Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form
- #54Turves Green Boys' School
- #55Hamd House School
- #56King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys
- #57Hodge Hill Girls' School
- #58King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy
- #59Small Heath Leadership Academy
- #60Cockshut Hill School
- #61St Edmund Campion Catholic School
- #62Hamstead Hall Academy
- #63Ninestiles, an Academy
- #64Holyhead School
- #65Arena Academy
- #66King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls
- #67King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy
- #68Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School
- #69King Edward VI Balaam Wood Academy
- #70The Royal Sutton School
- #71Rockwood Academy
- #72Fortis Academy
- #73Erdington Academy
- #74Ark Kings Academy
- #75Tile Cross Academy
- #76Lordswood Boys' School
- #77Broadway Academy
- #78Lift Four Dwellings Secondary
- #79Stockland Green School
- #80Washwood Heath Academy
- #81Ark St Alban's Academy
- #82Bartley Green School
- #83Harborne Academy
- #84Hall Green School
- #85Ark Boulton Academy
- #86Kings Heath Secondary School
- #87Saltley Academy
- #88The University of Birmingham School
- #89Waverley School
- #90Holte School
- #91Colmers School and Sixth Form College
- #92Hodge Hill College
- #93Lift Greenwood
- #94George Dixon Academy
- #95City Academy
- #96Bournville School
- #97E-ACT Shenley Academy
- #98Jamia Islamia Birmingham
- #99Moseley School and Sixth Form
- #100Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School
- #101Star King Solomon Academy
- #102Jewellery Quarter Academy
- Aspire Ap School
- Aston University Engineering Academy
- Birchfield Independent Girls' School
- Blackwater Academy
- BOA Digital Technologies Academy
- Christ Church, Church of England Secondary Academy
- City United Academy (CUA)
- Future First Independent School
- Green Heath School
- Imedia School
- Kimichi School
- Newbury Independent School
- Orion School
- Oscott Academy
- Prince Albert High School
- Redstone Academy for Girls
- Riverside Education
- The Pioneers Academy
- Waverley Studio College
