How many schools does Birmingham have?

OfferDay lists 520 schools in Birmingham, including 295 primary schools and 82 secondary schools.

Who inspects schools in Birmingham?

Every school in Birmingham is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.

How are schools in Birmingham ranked?

OfferDay ranks an area's schools only where enough of them have published results to compare fairly, and Birmingham does not have enough to rank. Compare its schools on their Ofsted reports and, where results are published, the figures shown against each school on this page.

How many towns are in the Birmingham local authority?

OfferDay groups the Birmingham schools across five towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the local authority is reachable.

Schools in the Birmingham local authority

Birmingham has 520 schools listed on OfferDay across 5 towns.

27 nursery schools · 295 primary schools · 82 secondary schools · 7 all-through schools · 6 sixth forms and colleges · 55 special and alternative provision schools · 42 independent schools · 6 other establishments

About schools in Birmingham

Birmingham lists 520 schools, most of them primary schools. Its 82 secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. The area also has seven all-through schools, which teach every age from the early years to school-leaving age on one site.

Ofsted inspects every school listed here. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25: 63%; of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 286 schools with published results
Key stage 4, 2024/25: 47.1; average Attainment 8 score, across the 96 schools with published results

Top schools in Birmingham

Ranked by the latest published results; primary and secondary schools are measured differently and never compared with each other.

Primary

1 The Olive School, Small Heath 97%
2 Cromwell Junior and Infant School 97%
3 Four Oaks Primary School 93%
4 St James Catholic Primary School 93%
5 Coppice Primary School 92%
6 Bordesley Village Primary School 91%
7 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 90%
8 The Olive School, Birmingham 88%

Secondary

1 King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls 80.4
2 Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls 79.4
3 Bishop Vesey's Grammar School 77.1
4 King Edward VI Five Ways School 75.9
5 King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys 75.7
6 King Edward VI Handsworth School 74.2
7 King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys 72.0
8 King Edward VI Aston School 71.2

Schools by town

The count beside each town is the number of its schools under Birmingham.

Schools not listed under a town

These schools have no town recorded in the national register.

Hopwood Hall School
Other independent special school · Ages 11 to 18
SILVER BIRCH SCHOOL
Other independent special school · Ages 11 to 17
Hallfield School
Other independent school · Ages 0 to 13
Heritage Academy
Other independent school · Ages 11 to 16 · Boys
Imedia School
Other independent school · Ages 14 to 16
New Ways School
Other independent school · Ages 11 to 19
Priory School
Other independent school · Ages 0 to 18

Common questions about schools in Birmingham

How many schools does Birmingham have?: OfferDay lists 520 schools in Birmingham, including 295 primary schools and 82 secondary schools.
Who inspects schools in Birmingham?: Every school in Birmingham is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.
How are schools in Birmingham ranked?: OfferDay ranks an area's schools only where enough of them have published results to compare fairly, and Birmingham does not have enough to rank. Compare its schools on their Ofsted reports and, where results are published, the figures shown against each school on this page.
How many towns are in the Birmingham local authority?: OfferDay groups the Birmingham schools across five towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the local authority is reachable.

School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.