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Schools in Birmingham

998 schools from official GIAS records — including 582 primary and 168 secondary.

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School data currently covers England using official GIAS records. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland may be added when official datasets are integrated.

About schools in Birmingham

Birmingham has 998 schools listed in the Department for Education's Get Information about Schools (GIAS) register. By phase, that is 579 primary (72%), 166 secondary (21%) and 29 nursery (4%). Birmingham spans 7 local authorities, most schools sitting in Birmingham (880). The most common types are community school (345), academy converter (147) and academy sponsor led (102). This includes 263 academies, 109 independent schools and 122 special schools.

How many schools are there in Birmingham?

GIAS lists 998 schools in Birmingham, England.

What types of schools are in Birmingham?

The biggest groups by phase are primary (579), secondary (166) and nursery (29).

Which local authority covers Birmingham?

Birmingham spans Birmingham, Solihull and Worcestershire; check each school's page for its own authority.

Where does this Birmingham data come from?

School records come from GIAS; inspection outcomes from Ofsted and results from DfE performance tables, where available for each school.

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Official figures for Birmingham

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More about schools in Birmingham

Breakdowns from GIAS establishment records for this town. Use these to spot the mix of phases, ages and types — then open individual school profiles for Ofsted and performance.

Gender mix

  • Mixed928
  • Girls36
  • Boys28

Age ranges

  • 3–11275
  • 4–11141
  • 11–1697
  • 11–1885
  • 7–1164
  • 3–741
  • 2–1129
  • 5–1127

Local authorities

  • Birmingham880
  • Solihull60
  • Worcestershire17
  • Warwickshire16
  • Sandwell14
  • Walsall9
  • Surrey1

School types

  • Community school345
  • Academy converter147
  • Academy sponsor led102
  • Voluntary aided school101
  • Other independent school83
  • Local authority nursery school29
  • Community special school28
  • Other independent special school25
  • Foundation school24
  • Voluntary controlled school19
Special
122
Independent
109
Academies
263

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