Overall Oxbridge
#724
32 ranked schools · +190 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,983
Applications
343
Offers
80
Offer rate23.3%
+0.9 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
Schools in Birmingham
Classical public architecture and the Jewellery Quarter's Victorian workshop rows frame Birmingham's city centre, spreading outward into inter-war terraces and post-war housing estates across the largest local authority district in England. Edgbaston, to the southwest, is widely regarded as one of the city's most competitive postcodes for state schools, its tree-lined Victorian villas and independent sector presence drawing families intent on primary and secondary provision alike. Small Heath has long been a school-competitive corner of east Birmingham, with a concentration of primary options popular with families across the city. The Birmingham Canal Navigations, over two hundred miles of waterway, thread through Nechells and the historic industrial north, tracing the city's eighteenth-century rise as the engine of British manufacturing. New Street and Snow Hill stations anchor the West Midlands Rail network, with the West Midlands Metro carrying passengers across the conurbation. Rednal and Kings Norton form the quieter southern fringe. Around 1.2 million people live in the city today.
307
Primary
schools
112
Secondary
schools
11
All-through
schools
6
Post-16
colleges
45
Special
schools
16
Other
schools
of which92sixth forms·6grammar·122faith·27nurseries524 total
Area Performance
Birmingham schools rank in the top 52% of England
Across 508 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.30/10, -0.13 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
15% Elite
Distribution across all Birmingham schools
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Birmingham vs England distribution
National Rank
Top 52%
Across all ranked Birmingham schools
Top 50%Primaryavg #7,431 of 14,978
Top 54%Secondaryavg #2,081 of 3,862
Top 60%Sixth formavg #1,527 of 2,555
Primary schools: 292 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.2/10
-0.14 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#7,431
0 pts vs medianmedian 7,489
top 50% of 14,978
% reaching expected RWM standardstate
64%
+2 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 62%
% reaching higher RWM standardstate
7%
-1 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 8%
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.2/10
-0.14 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#7,431
0 pts vs medianmedian 7,489
top 50% of 14,978
% reaching expected RWM standardstate
64%
+2 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 62%
% reaching higher RWM standardstate
7%
-1 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 8%
Secondary schools: 123 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.3/10
-0.05 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#2,081
-4 pts vs medianmedian 1,931
top 54% of 3,862
% achieving grades 9-7 (A*-A)state
63%
+7 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 56%
Attainment 8 score (out of 90)state
42.9
+3.8 vs Eng avgEng avg 39.1
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.3/10
-0.05 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#2,081
-4 pts vs medianmedian 1,931
top 54% of 3,862
% achieving grades 9-7 (A*-A)state
63%
+7 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 56%
Attainment 8 score (out of 90)state
42.9
+3.8 vs Eng avgEng avg 39.1
Sixth form schools: 93 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.5/10
-0.22 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.7/10
Average national rank
#1,527
-10 pts vs medianmedian 1,278
top 60% of 2,555
% A*-A at A-Level
21%
-4 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 25%
% A*-B at A-Level
44%
-6 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 50%
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.5/10
-0.22 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.7/10
Average national rank
#1,527
-10 pts vs medianmedian 1,278
top 60% of 2,555
% A*-A at A-Level
21%
-4 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 25%
% A*-B at A-Level
44%
-6 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 50%
Oxford
#240
15 ranked schools · +13 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,197
Applications
184
Offers
28
Offer rate15.2%
+0.1 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 15.1%
Cambridge
#644
30 ranked schools · +129 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,880
Applications
159
Offers
52
Offer rate32.7%
+3.3 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 29.4%
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