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486 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools · best secondary schools

Birmingham has 447 state schools: 293 primary, 82 secondary, 7 all-through, 27 nursery. Between them they teach around 199,202 pupils. 344 have enough published data for a score, averaging 5.2 out of 10, and 43 score 8 or above.

81 have a sixth form. 204 take children from age three or under. 100 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. 8 are selective and set an entrance test. How the score works.

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Sutton Coldfield 42 schools
Abbey Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good Acocks Green Primary School Birmingham · Good Adderley Nursery School Birmingham · Outstanding Adderley Primary School Birmingham · Good Al-Ameen Primary School Birmingham Al-Burhan Grammar School Birmingham · Outstanding Al-Furqan Primary School Birmingham · Good Albert Bradbeer Primary Academy Birmingham · Not judged Allens Croft Nursery School Birmingham · Not judged Allens Croft Primary School Birmingham · Requires improvement Alston Primary School Birmingham · Good Anderton Park Primary School Birmingham · Good Anglesey Primary School Birmingham · Good Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School Birmingham · Good Arden Primary School Birmingham · Good Arena Academy Birmingham · Not judged Ark Boulton Academy Birmingham · Good Ark Kings Academy Birmingham · Good Ark St Alban's Academy Birmingham · Good Ark Tindal Primary Academy Birmingham · Good Ark Victoria Academy Birmingham · Good Aspire Ap School Birmingham · Good Aston Manor Academy Birmingham · Outstanding Aston Tower Community Primary School Birmingham · Good Aston University Engineering Academy Birmingham · Good Aston University Mathematics School Birmingham Audley Primary School Birmingham · Good BOA Digital Technologies Academy Birmingham · Not judged BOA Stage and Screen Production Academy Birmingham · Good Barford Primary School Birmingham · Good Barr View Primary & Nursery Academy Birmingham · Good Bartley Green School Birmingham · Good Baskerville School Birmingham · Good Beeches Junior School Birmingham · Good Bellfield Infant School (NC) Birmingham · Good Bellfield Junior School Birmingham · Good Bells Farm Primary School Birmingham · Good Billesley Primary School Birmingham · Outstanding Birches Green Primary School Birmingham Birchfield Independent Girls' School Birmingham Birchfield Primary School Birmingham · Good Birmingham Independent College Birmingham · Inadequate Birmingham Metropolitan College Birmingham · Good Birmingham Ormiston Academy Birmingham · Good Bishop Challoner Catholic College Birmingham · Good Bishop Vesey's Grammar School Sutton Coldfield · Outstanding · Grammar Bishop Walsh Catholic School Sutton Coldfield · Good Blackwater Academy Birmingham · Requires improvement Blakesley Hall Primary School Birmingham · Good Bloomsbury Nursery School Birmingham · Outstanding Boldmere Infant School and Nursery Sutton Coldfield · Good Boldmere Junior School Sutton Coldfield · Not judged Bordesley Green East Nursery School Birmingham · Good Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form Birmingham · Good Bordesley Green Primary School Birmingham · Good Bordesley Village Primary School Birmingham · Good Bournville School Birmingham · Requires improvement Bournville Village Primary Birmingham · Good Braidwood School for the Deaf Birmingham · Good Brays School Birmingham · Outstanding Brearley Nursery School Birmingham · Outstanding Broadmeadow Infant School Birmingham · Inadequate Broadmeadow Junior School Birmingham Broadway Academy Birmingham · Good Brookfields Primary School Birmingham · Good Brookvale Primary School Birmingham · Good Brownmead Primary Academy Birmingham · Good Calshot Primary School Birmingham · Good Calthorpe Academy Birmingham · Good Camp Hill Education Birmingham · Requires improvement Canterbury Cross Primary School Birmingham · Good Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School Birmingham · Good Castle Vale Nursery School Birmingham · Outstanding Cedars Academy Birmingham · Not judged Chad Vale Primary School Birmingham · Good Chandos Primary School Birmingham · Requires improvement Cherry Oak School Birmingham · Good Cherry Orchard Primary School Birmingham · Good Chilcote Primary School Birmingham · Not judged Chilwell Croft Academy Birmingham · Good Chivenor Primary School Birmingham · Not judged Christ Church CofE Controlled Primary School and Nursery Birmingham · Outstanding Christ Church, Church of England Secondary Academy Birmingham · Requires improvement Christ The King Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Not judged City Academy Birmingham · Requires improvement City Road Primary School Birmingham · Good City United Academy (CUA) Birmingham · Good Clifton Primary School Birmingham · Good Cockshut Hill School Birmingham · Good Cofton Primary School Birmingham · Good Colebourne Primary School Birmingham · Good Colmers Farm Primary School Birmingham · Good Colmers School and Sixth Form College Birmingham · Requires improvement Colmore Infant and Nursery School Birmingham · Outstanding Colmore Junior School Birmingham · Good Conway Primary School Birmingham · Not judged Coppice Primary School Sutton Coldfield · Good Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good Cotteridge Primary School Birmingham · Good Cottesbrooke Infant and Nursery School Birmingham · Good Court Farm Primary School Birmingham · Good Cromwell Junior and Infant School Birmingham · Not judged Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School Birmingham · Good Darul Uloom Islamic High School Birmingham Deykin Avenue Junior and Infant School Birmingham · Inadequate Dorrington Academy Birmingham · Outstanding E-ACT Heartlands Academy Birmingham · Not judged E-ACT Nechells Academy Birmingham · Good E-ACT North Birmingham Academy Birmingham · Good E-ACT Shenley Academy Birmingham · Not judged Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East Birmingham · Outstanding Eden Boys' School, Birmingham Birmingham · Outstanding Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham Birmingham · Outstanding Edgbaston High School for Girls Birmingham Edith Cadbury Nursery School Birmingham · Good Elmhurst Ballet School Birmingham Elms Farm Community Primary School Birmingham · Good English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good Erdington Academy Birmingham · Good Erdington Hall Primary School Birmingham · Good Fairfax Sutton Coldfield · Good Fairway Primary Academy Birmingham · Requires improvement Featherstone Nursery School Birmingham · Good Featherstone Primary School Birmingham · Good Fircroft College of Adult Education Birmingham · Good Firs Primary School Birmingham · Requires improvement Flexible Learning School Birmingham · Good Forestdale Primary School Birmingham · Good Fortis Academy Birmingham · Good Four Oaks Primary School Sutton Coldfield · Not judged Fox Hollies School Birmingham · Good Future First Independent School Birmingham · Inadequate Garretts Green Nursery School Birmingham · Outstanding George Dixon Academy Birmingham · Not judged George Dixon Primary School Birmingham · Requires improvement Gilbertstone Primary School Birmingham · Good Glenmead Primary School Birmingham · Good Goodway Nursery School Birmingham · Outstanding Gossey Lane Academy Birmingham · Not judged Gracelands Nursery School Birmingham · Outstanding Green Heath School Birmingham · Requires improvement Green Meadow Primary School Birmingham · Good Green Oak Academy Birmingham · Good Greenfields Primary School Birmingham · Good Greenholm Primary School Birmingham · Good Greet Primary School Birmingham · Not judged Grendon Primary School Birmingham · Good Grestone Academy Birmingham · Good Grove School Birmingham · Good Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good Gunter Primary School Birmingham · Not judged Hall Green Infant School Birmingham · Good Hall Green Junior School Birmingham · Good Hall Green School Birmingham · Not judged Hallfield School Hallmoor School Birmingham · Good Hamd House School Birmingham · Outstanding Hamilton School Birmingham · Not judged Hamstead Hall Academy Birmingham · Good Harborne Academy Birmingham · Good Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School Birmingham · Not judged Hawkesley Church Primary Academy Birmingham · Good Hawthorn Primary School Birmingham · Good Hazrat Khadijatul Kubra Girls School Birmingham Heart of Birmingham Vocational College Birmingham · Good Heath Mount Primary School BIRMINGHAM · Requires improvement Heathfield Primary School Birmingham · Good Heathlands Primary Academy Birmingham · Good Heritage Academy · Outstanding Highclare School West Midlands Highfield Junior and Infant School Birmingham · Good Highfield Nursery School Birmingham · Good Highters Heath Community School Birmingham · Inadequate Highters Heath Nursery School Birmingham · Good Hill West Primary School Sutton Coldfield · Good Hillcrest School and Sixth Form Centre Birmingham · Good Hillstone Primary School Birmingham · Good Hodge Hill College Birmingham · Good Hodge Hill Girls' School Birmingham · Good Hodge Hill Primary School Birmingham · Good Holland House Infant School and Nursery Sutton Coldfield · Not judged Holly Hill Methodist CofE Infant School Birmingham · Good Hollyfield Primary School Sutton Coldfield · Good Hollywood Primary School Birmingham · Good Holte School Birmingham · Good Holy Cross Catholic Primary School Sutton Coldfield · Good Holy Family Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Not judged Holy Souls Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good Holy Trinity CE Primary Academy (Handsworth) Birmingham · Good Holy Trinity Catholic School Birmingham · Good Holyhead School Birmingham · Good Imedia School · Good Jakeman Nursery School Birmingham · Outstanding James Brindley School Birmingham · Good James Watt Primary School Birmingham · Good Jamia Islamia Birmingham Birmingham · Requires improvement Jervoise School Birmingham · Good Jewellery Quarter Academy Birmingham · Not judged Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College Birmingham · Outstanding Kimichi School Birmingham · Good King David Primary School Birmingham · Requires improvement King Edward VI Aston School Birmingham · Outstanding · Grammar King Edward VI Balaam Wood Academy Birmingham · Good King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys Birmingham · Outstanding · Grammar King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls Birmingham · Outstanding · Grammar King Edward VI Five Ways School Birmingham · Good · Grammar King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys Birmingham · Good · Grammar King Edward VI Handsworth School Birmingham · Not judged · Grammar King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy Birmingham · Not judged King Edward VI High School for Girls Birmingham King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys Birmingham · Good King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls Birmingham · Good King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls Birmingham · Good King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy Birmingham · Good King Edward's School Birmingham Kings Heath Primary School Birmingham · Good Kings Heath Secondary School Birmingham · Good Kings Norton Girls' School Birmingham · Outstanding Kings Norton Nursery School Birmingham · Outstanding Kings Norton Primary School BIRMINGHAM · Not judged Kings Rise Academy Birmingham · Good Kingsland Primary School (NC) Birmingham · Good Kingsthorne Primary School Birmingham · Good Kitts Green Academy Birmingham · Inadequate Kitwell Primary School Birmingham · Good Ladypool Primary School Birmingham · Good Lakey Lane Primary School Birmingham · Good Langley School Sutton Coldfield · Good Leigh Primary School Birmingham · Good Leycroft Academy Birmingham · Requires improvement Lift Four Dwellings Primary Birmingham · Good Lift Four Dwellings Secondary Birmingham · Good Lift Greenwood Birmingham · Good Lift Lea Forest Birmingham · Outstanding Lift Montgomery Birmingham · Not judged Lift Percy Shurmer Birmingham · Outstanding Lillian De Lissa Nursery School Birmingham · Outstanding Lindsworth School Birmingham · Not judged Little Sutton Primary School Sutton Coldfield · Outstanding Longwill A Primary School for Deaf Children Birmingham · Outstanding Lordswood Boys' School Birmingham · Good Lozells Junior and Infant School and Nursery Birmingham · Good Lyndon Green Infant School Birmingham · Good Lyndon Green Junior School Birmingham · Good Mander Portman Woodward Independent College Birmingham Maney Hill Primary School Sutton Coldfield · Good Manor Park Primary Academy Birmingham · Good Mansfield Green E-ACT Academy Birmingham · Outstanding Mapledene Primary School Birmingham · Good Marlborough Primary School Birmingham · Good Marsh Hill Nursery School Birmingham · Outstanding Marsh Hill Primary School Birmingham · Good Maryvale Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good Mayfield School Birmingham · Requires improvement Mere Green Primary School Sutton Coldfield · Not judged Merritts Brook Primary E-ACT Academy Birmingham · Good Minworth Junior and Infant School SUTTON COLDFIELD · Good Moor Green Primary Academy Birmingham · Outstanding Moor Hall Primary School Sutton Coldfield · Not judged Moseley Church of England Primary School Birmingham · Not judged Moseley School and Sixth Form Birmingham · Good Nansen Primary School Birmingham · Good Nelson Mandela School Birmingham · Good Nelson Primary School Birmingham · Good New Hall Primary School Sutton Coldfield · Good New Oscott Primary School Sutton Coldfield · Good New Ways School · Outstanding Newbury Independent School Birmingham · Requires improvement Newtown Nursery School Birmingham · Outstanding Ninestiles, an Academy Birmingham · Good Nishkam High School Birmingham · Not judged Nishkam Primary School Birmingham Birmingham · Not judged Nonsuch Primary School Birmingham · Good Norfolk House School Birmingham Northfield Manor Primary Academy Birmingham · Good Oasis Academy Benson Birmingham · Inadequate Oasis Academy Blakenhale Infants Birmingham · Good Oasis Academy Blakenhale Junior Birmingham · Good Oasis Academy Boulton Birmingham · Good Oasis Academy Foundry Birmingham · Outstanding Oasis Academy Hobmoor Birmingham · Good Oasis Academy Short Heath Birmingham · Good Oasis Academy Wattville Birmingham · Inadequate Oasis Academy Woodview Birmingham · Not judged Orion School Birmingham · Good Osborne Nursery School Birmingham · Good Osborne Primary School Birmingham · Good Oscott Academy Birmingham · Outstanding Oscott Manor School Birmingham · Inadequate Our Lady and St Rose of Lima Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Requires improvement Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Not judged Our Lady's Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good Paganel Primary School Birmingham · Good Paget Primary School Birmingham · Good Park Hill Primary School Birmingham · Good Parkfield Community School Birmingham · Outstanding Pegasus Primary School Birmingham · Good Penns Primary School Sutton Coldfield · Good Perry Beeches Nursery School Birmingham · Not judged Plantsbrook School Sutton Coldfield · Good Priestley Smith School Birmingham · Outstanding Prince Albert High School Birmingham · Good Prince Albert Junior and Infant School Birmingham · Not judged Princethorpe Infant School Birmingham · Not judged Princethorpe Junior School Birmingham · Good Priory School Queen Alexandra College Birmingham · Good Queensbridge School Birmingham · Good Queensbury School Birmingham · Good Quinton Church Primary School Birmingham · Good Raddlebarn Primary School Birmingham · Good Reaside Academy Birmingham · Good Redhill Primary School Birmingham · Good Rednal Hill Infant School Birmingham · Good Rednal Hill Junior School Birmingham · Good Redstone Academy for Boys Birmingham · Good Redstone Academy for Girls Birmingham · Good Regents Park Community Primary School Birmingham · Good Riverside Education Birmingham · Outstanding Robin Hood Academy Birmingham · Good Rockwood Academy Birmingham · Good Rookery School Birmingham · Good Rubery Nursery School Birmingham · Good SS John and Monica Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good SS Mary & John Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good Sacred Heart Catholic School Birmingham · Requires improvement Saint Barnabas Church of England Primary School Birmingham · Good Saltley Academy Birmingham · Good Selly Oak Nursery School Birmingham · Outstanding Selly Oak Trust School Birmingham · Good Selly Park Girls' School Birmingham · Good Severne Junior Infant and Nursery School Birmingham · Good Shaw Hill Primary School Birmingham · Outstanding Shenley Fields Nursery School Birmingham · Outstanding Slade Primary School Birmingham · Good Sladefield Infant School Birmingham · Good Small Heath Leadership Academy Birmingham · Good Somerville Primary (NC) School Birmingham · Good South and City College Birmingham Birmingham Springfield House Community Special School Solihull · Good Springfield Primary Academy Birmingham · Good St Alban's Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good St Ambrose Barlow Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good St Anne's Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good St Augustine's Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good St Benedict's Primary School Birmingham · Good St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good St Bernard's Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good St Brigid's Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good St Chad's Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good St Clare's Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good St Clement's Church of England Academy Birmingham · Good St Columba's Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good St Cuthbert's RC Junior and Infant (NC) School Birmingham · Good St Dunstan's Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good St Edmund Campion Catholic School Birmingham · Good St Edward's Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good St Francis Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Not judged St Francis Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery Birmingham · Not judged St George's Church of England Academy, Newtown Birmingham · Not judged St George's Church of England Primary School Birmingham · Good St George's School Edgbaston West Midlands St Gerard's Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good St James Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Outstanding St James Church of England Primary School, Handsworth Birmingham · Good St John Fisher Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good St John Wall Catholic School Birmingham · Good St John's & St Peter's CofE Primary Birmingham · Good St John's CofE Primary School Birmingham · Not judged St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Sutton Coldfield · Good St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good St Jude's Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good St Laurence Church Infant School Birmingham St Laurence Church Junior School Birmingham St Margaret Mary RC Junior and Infant School Birmingham · Not judged St Mark's Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Not judged St Martin de Porres Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good St Mary's Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good St Mary's Church of England Primary School Birmingham · Good St Marys C of E Primary and Nursery, Academy, Handsworth Birmingham · Good St Matthew's CofE Primary School Birmingham · Not judged St Michael's Church of England Primary School Birmingham · Good St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Handsworth Birmingham · Outstanding St Nicholas Catholic Primary School Sutton Coldfield · Good St Patrick and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good St Paul's Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good St Paul's School for Girls Birmingham · Outstanding St Peter and St Paul RC Junior and Infant School Birmingham · Good St Peter's Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Outstanding St Peters CofE Primary School Birmingham · Good St Saviour's C of E Primary School Birmingham · Good St Teresa's Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School Birmingham · Good St Thomas Centre Nursery School Birmingham · Good St Thomas Church of England Primary School Birmingham · Not judged St Thomas More Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good St Vincent's Catholic Primary School BIRMINGHAM St Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant School Birmingham · Good Stanville Primary School Birmingham · Good Star King Solomon Academy Birmingham · Not judged Starbank School Birmingham · Good Stechford Primary School Birmingham · Good Stirchley Primary School Birmingham · Good Stockland Green School Birmingham · Good Story Wood School Birmingham · Not judged Summerfield Primary School Birmingham · Requires improvement Sundridge Primary School Birmingham · Good Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls Sutton Coldfield · Good · Grammar Sutton Park Primary Sutton Coldfield · Good Swanshurst School Birmingham · Outstanding Tame Valley Academy Birmingham · Good The Arthur Terry School Sutton Coldfield · Good The Blue Coat School Birmingham Birmingham The Bridge School Birmingham · Good The Dame Ellen Pinsent School Birmingham · Outstanding The Deanery Church of England Primary School Sutton Coldfield · Not judged The Hive College Birmingham · Outstanding The Meadows Primary School Birmingham · Requires improvement The Oaklands Primary School Birmingham · Good The Oaks Primary School Birmingham · Good The Olive School, Birmingham Birmingham · Outstanding The Olive School, Small Heath Birmingham · Outstanding The Oratory Roman Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Inadequate The Orchards Primary Academy Birmingham · Good The Oval School Birmingham · Good The Pines Special School Birmingham · Good The Pioneers Academy Birmingham · Good The Rosary Catholic Primary School Birmingham · Good The Royal Sutton School Sutton Coldfield · Good The Shirestone Academy Birmingham · Outstanding The Shrubbery School Ltd Sutton Coldfield The University of Birmingham School Birmingham · Good The Wisdom Academy Birmingham · Requires improvement Thornton Primary School Birmingham · Good Tile Cross Academy Birmingham · Good Timberley Academy Birmingham · Good Tiverton Academy Birmingham · Not judged Topcliffe Primary School Birmingham · Not judged Town Junior School Sutton Coldfield · Good Trinity Specialist College Sutton Coldfield · Good Turves Green Boys' School Birmingham · Good Turves Green Primary School Birmingham · Good Twickenham Primary School Birmingham · Good Uffculme School Birmingham · Good Victoria College Birmingham · Good Victoria School Birmingham · Good Walmley Infant School Sutton Coldfield · Good Walmley Junior School Sutton Coldfield · Not judged Ward End Primary School Birmingham · Good Warren Farm Primary School Birmingham · Good Washwood Heath Academy Birmingham · Good Washwood Heath Nursery School Birmingham · Outstanding Water Mill Primary School Birmingham · Good Waverley School Birmingham · Good Waverley Studio College Birmingham · Good Welford Primary School Birmingham · Good Welsh House Farm Community School and Special Needs Resources Base Birmingham · Good Weoley Castle Nursery School Birmingham · Outstanding West Heath Nursery School Birmingham · Good West Heath Primary School Birmingham · Good West House School Birmingham Westminster Primary School Birmingham · Good Wheelers Lane Primary School Birmingham · Good Wheelers Lane Technology College Birmingham · Not judged Whitehouse Common Primary School Sutton Coldfield · Good William Murdoch Primary School Birmingham · Good Wilson Stuart School Birmingham · Outstanding Woodcock Hill Primary School Birmingham · Good Woodgate Primary School Birmingham · Not judged Woodhouse Primary Academy Birmingham · Good Woodthorpe Junior and Infant School Birmingham · Good World's End Infant and Nursery School Birmingham · Good World's End Junior School Birmingham · Good Wychall Primary School Birmingham · Good Wylde Green Primary School Sutton Coldfield · Good Wyndcliffe Primary School Birmingham · Outstanding Yardley Primary School Birmingham · Good Yardley Wood Community Primary School Birmingham · Good Yardleys School Birmingham · Good Yarnfield Primary School Birmingham · Good Yenton Primary School Birmingham · Good Yew Tree Community Junior and Infant School (NC) Birmingham · Good Yorkmead Junior and Infant School Birmingham

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

The Royal Sutton School Good · ×0.53 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Broadway Academy Good · ×0.54 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Fortis Academy Good · ×0.54 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Selly Park Girls' School Good · ×0.57 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Ninestiles, an Academy Good · ×0.59 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Lordswood Boys' School Good · ×0.61 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Holy Trinity Catholic School Good · ×0.62 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Rockwood Academy Good · ×0.62 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Small Heath Leadership Academy Good · ×0.62 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Hamstead Hall Academy Good · ×0.63 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Birmingham

Primary schools: LA-wide default is distance-based (nearest-school priority), but individual community schools can and do define their own catchment area on top — varies school by school, not a single LA-wide rule. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Birmingham entrance test format

One shared test for all eight Birmingham grammar schools, arranged by the King Edward VI Foundation and provided by GL Assessment: two papers of about an hour each, covering English comprehension, verbal reasoning, mathematics, and non-verbal/spatial reasoning. Answers are multiple-choice and scores are age-standardised. There is no fixed pass mark — after the test, each school sets its own qualifying and priority score thresholds, so the same result can qualify a child for some of the eight schools but not others. Camp Hill schools have historically had the highest cutoffs. Register once (online, via the West Midlands Grammar Schools website, historically by late June of Year 5); the single result is used by every Birmingham grammar school named on your Common Application Form.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Registration opens 2026-05-06 (passed)
Sept 2027 Registration closes 2026-06-26 (passed)
Sept 2027 Test date 2026-09-12
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Registration opens 2025-05-06 (passed)
Sept 2026 Registration closes 2025-06-27 (passed)
Sept 2026 Test date 2025-09-13 (passed)
Sept 2026 Results released 2025-10-17 (passed)
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-01 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

Out-of-area applications

All eight Birmingham grammar schools (Bishop Vesey's Grammar School, King Edward VI Aston, King Edward VI Camp Hill Boys, King Edward VI Camp Hill Girls, King Edward VI Five Ways, King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys, King Edward VI Handsworth School for Girls, Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls) share a single entrance test arranged by the King Edward VI Foundation. Children register once via the West Midlands Grammar Schools website, sit one exam, and the result is used by every school listed on the Common Application Form. Registration historically closes in late June of Year 5 (4pm deadline), with the test on a Saturday in mid-September of Year 6 (AM and PM sessions). Out-of-area caveat: if the family's home address is not within a reasonable commutable distance of the Birmingham grammar schools, the Admissions Office may ask for evidence of intent to relocate (e.g. a recent house purchase in the area) before allowing the child to sit the test. Apply for places via your home LA's Common Application Form by 31 October. Several of the schools operate priority catchment areas and pupil-premium priority places — check each school's oversubscription criteria.

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