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Schools in Birmingham

502 schools in the Birmingham local authority.

Schools

502

Open schools

Pupils

209,156

2025–26 census

Good or better

92%

386 of 418 graded

Academic Performance

5.2

out of 10 · 468 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
57 14%
Good
329 79%
Requires improvement
21 5%
Inadequate
11 3%
39 inspected since 2024, no overall grade37 superseded by a report card45 not judged6 in a category of concern5 safeguarding not effective
5.2
Academic Performance

Averaged over 468 of 502 schools that can be scored

Pupils

209,156

pupils on roll

Boys 51%49% Girls

Roll from 497 of 502 schools (209,156 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Ethnicity

White
28%
Asian
38%
Black
14%
Mixed
10%
Chinese
1%
Any other group
7%
Unclassified
2%

Ethnicity from 440 of 502 schools (201,005 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
47.1%

94,573 of 201,005 pupils · 440 of 502 schools

First language not English
40.5%

81,356 of 201,005 pupils · 440 of 502 schools

Young carers
<1%

944 of 198,256 pupils · 413 of 502 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
298
Secondary
94
All-through
4
Special
32
Nursery
27
PRU
7
Not recorded
40

Top primary schools in Birmingham

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in Birmingham

The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 502 schools in Birmingham — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in Birmingham

How many schools are there in Birmingham?
Birmingham has 502 open schools — 298 primary, 94 secondary, 32 special, 27 nursery, teaching 209,156 pupils in total.
How many schools in Birmingham are rated Good or Outstanding?
386 of the 418 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 92% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 57 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 502: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in Birmingham?
5.2 out of 10, averaged across the 468 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some Birmingham schools have no Ofsted rating?
84 schools in Birmingham currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does Birmingham local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Birmingham covers 502 schools and sits in the West Midlands region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in Birmingham are eligible for free school meals?
47.1% — 94,573 of 201,005 pupils at the 440 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the West Midlands region.