
2026 Best Sixth Form Schools in Birmingham Council Area
Schools across the Birmingham council area. Explore 80 sixth form schools in Birmingham Council Area. The current top-ranked sixth forms are King Edward VI High School for Girls, King Edward's School, and King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys. Compare local rankings, A-Level results, FMS Inspection Score, Oxbridge context, and neighbourhood options in one place.
Key Performance Metrics for Birmingham Council Area
% students achieving A*/A grades at A-Level
Birmingham Council Area23%
vs
England25%
% students achieving A*/A/B grades at A-Level
Birmingham Council Area47%
vs
England50%
Average Oxbridge rank (lower is better)
Birmingham Council Area#616
vs
England#1346
Average FMS Inspection Score (out of 10)
Birmingham Council Area7.5/10
vs
England7.7/10
% students achieving A*/A grades at A-Level
Birmingham Council Area
23%vsEngland
25%
% students achieving A*/A/B grades at A-Level
Birmingham Council Area
47%vsEngland
50%
Average Oxbridge rank (lower is better)
Birmingham Council Area
#616vsEngland
#1346
Average FMS Inspection Score (out of 10)
Birmingham Council Area
7.5/10vsEngland
7.7/10
Top schools in Birmingham Council Area
Showing 1-20 of 80 schools
- King Edward VI High School for Girls
Edgbaston
- King Edward's School
Edgbaston
- King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys
Kings Heath
- King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls
Kings Heath
- Bishop Vesey's Grammar School
Four Oaks
- King Edward VI Five Ways School
Bartley Green
- Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls
Walmley
- Edgbaston High School for Girls
Edgbaston
- King Edward VI Handsworth School
Handsworth
- King Edward VI Aston School
Aston
- King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys
Handsworth
- St Paul's School for Girls
Edgbaston
- Kings Norton Girls' School
Kings Norton
- Nishkam High School
Hockley
- Priory School
Edgbaston
- Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College
Highgate
- Ark St Alban's Academy
Highgate
- Mander Portman Woodward Independent College
Edgbaston
- Elmhurst Ballet School
Edgbaston
- Swanshurst School
Billesley
All 80 sixth forms in Birmingham Council Area
- #1King Edward VI High School for Girls
- #2King Edward's School
- #3King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys
- #4King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls
- #5Bishop Vesey's Grammar School
- #6King Edward VI Five Ways School
- #7Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls
- #8Edgbaston High School for Girls
- #9King Edward VI Handsworth School
- #10King Edward VI Aston School
- #11King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys
- #12St Paul's School for Girls
- #13Kings Norton Girls' School
- #14Nishkam High School
- #15Priory School
- #16Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College
- #17Ark St Alban's Academy
- #18Mander Portman Woodward Independent College
- #19Elmhurst Ballet School
- #20Swanshurst School
- #21Aston Manor Academy
- #22Fairfax
- #23St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School
- #24The Arthur Terry School
- #25Highclare School
- #26St George's School Edgbaston
- #27The University of Birmingham School
- #28Aston University Engineering Academy
- #29BOA Stage and Screen Production Academy
- #30Hillcrest School and Sixth Form Centre
- #31Bishop Challoner Catholic College
- #32Holyhead School
- #33Birmingham Ormiston Academy
- #34Birchfield Independent Girls' School
- #35King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy
- #36E-ACT North Birmingham Academy
- #37Plantsbrook School
- #38Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School
- #39Colmers School and Sixth Form College
- #40Bishop Walsh Catholic School
- #41Fortis Academy
- #42Hamstead Hall Academy
- #43Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form
- #44King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls
- #45St Edmund Campion Catholic School
- #46Broadway Academy
- #47Holte School
- #48King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy
- #49George Dixon Academy
- #50Birmingham Metropolitan College
- #51Waverley School
- #52Lift Greenwood
- #53South and City College Birmingham
- #54Moseley School and Sixth Form
- #55Camp Hill Education
- #56Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School
- #57Jamia Islamia Birmingham
- Ark Kings Academy
- Aston University Mathematics School
- Birmingham Independent College
- Blackwater Academy
- BOA Digital Technologies Academy
- Christ Church, Church of England Secondary Academy
- City United Academy (CUA)
- Cockshut Hill School
- E-ACT Heartlands Academy
- Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East
- Eden Boys' School, Birmingham
- Fircroft College of Adult Education
- Future First Independent School
- Green Heath School
- Kimichi School
- Newbury Independent School
- Ninestiles, an Academy
- Prince Albert High School
- Riverside Education
- Small Heath Leadership Academy
- Turves Green Boys' School
- Washwood Heath Academy
- Waverley Studio College
