Overall Oxbridge
#666
22 ranked schools · -13 places vs Eng avg #653 of 1,538
Applications
362
Offers
103
Offer rate28.4%
-0.3 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 28.7%
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.
306
Primary
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112
Secondary
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11
All-through
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7
Post-16
colleges
49
Special
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16
Other
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of which93sixth forms·6grammar·122faith·27nursery schools528 total
Area Performance
Birmingham schools rank in the top 52% of England
Across 486 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.30/10, -0.12 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
16% Elite
Distribution across all Birmingham schools
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Birmingham vs England distribution
National Rank
Top 52%
Across all ranked Birmingham schools
Top 49%Primaryavg #7,224 of 14,821
Top 56%Secondaryavg #2,121 of 3,803
Top 61%Sixth formavg #1,528 of 2,523
Primary schools: 291 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.3/10
-0.01 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#7,224
+1 pts vs medianmedian 7,411
top 49% of 14,821
% 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
7.3/10
-0.01 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#7,224
+1 pts vs medianmedian 7,411
top 49% of 14,821
% 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
7.2/10
-0.17 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#2,121
-6 pts vs medianmedian 1,902
top 56% of 3,803
% 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
7.2/10
-0.17 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#2,121
-6 pts vs medianmedian 1,902
top 56% of 3,803
% 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: 72 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.3/10
-0.45 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.7/10
Average national rank
#1,528
-11 pts vs medianmedian 1,262
top 61% of 2,523
% 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
7.3/10
-0.45 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.7/10
Average national rank
#1,528
-11 pts vs medianmedian 1,262
top 61% of 2,523
% 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
#258
33 ranked schools · +4 places vs Eng avg #262 of 1,866
Applications
175
Offers
32
Offer rate18.3%
+1.7 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 16.6%
Cambridge
#716
29 ranked schools · -17 places vs Eng avg #699 of 1,830
Applications
231
Offers
81
Offer rate35.1%
-1.9 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 37.0%
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