Best secondary schools in West Midlands (2026)
West Midlands has 194 ranked secondary schools with published results. The top-ranked is King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls, in the top 1% in England. The average Attainment 8 here in 2025 was 46.0, against 46.1 for England. 18 are in England's top 10%, and 11 are rated Outstanding by Ofsted. There are 11 grammar schools.
| Rank | School | Attainment 8 (2023–2025 average) | Attainment 8 2025 | Trend | Grade 5+ Eng & maths | Ofsted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Top 1% in England |
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls Birmingham · Grammar · Girls |
81.3 | 80.4 | 98% | Outstanding | |
2 Top 1% in England |
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys Birmingham · Grammar · Boys |
80.8 | 75.7 | 97% | Outstanding | |
3 Top 1% in England |
Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls Royal Sutton Coldfield · Grammar · Girls |
79.7 | 79.4 | 99% | Good | |
4 Top 2% in England |
Bishop Vesey's Grammar School Royal Sutton Coldfield · Grammar · Boys |
76.0 | 77.1 | 97% | Outstanding | |
5 Top 2% in England |
King Edward VI Five Ways School Birmingham · Grammar |
76.2 | 75.9 | 97% | Good | |
6 Top 2% in England |
King Edward VI Handsworth School Birmingham · Grammar · Girls |
75.6 | 74.2 | 98% | Not judged | |
7 Top 2% in England |
Wolverhampton Girls' High School Wolverhampton · Grammar · Girls |
75.5 | 75.4 | 97% | Outstanding | |
8 Top 3% in England |
Queen Mary's Grammar School Walsall · Grammar · Boys |
74.3 | 74.2 | 97% | Outstanding | |
9 Top 3% in England |
Queen Mary's High School Walsall · Grammar · Girls |
73.3 | 73.5 | 95% | Report card | |
10 Top 3% in England |
King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys Birmingham · Grammar · Boys |
71.8 | 72.0 | 97% | Good | |
11 Top 4% in England |
King Edward VI Aston School Birmingham · Grammar · Boys |
70.5 | 71.2 | 97% | Outstanding | |
12 Top 6% in England |
Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham Birmingham · Girls · Muslim |
64.8 | 62.1 | 73% | Outstanding | |
13 Top 6% in England |
Eden Boys' School, Birmingham Birmingham · Boys · Muslim |
62.9 | 61.3 | 76% | No rating | |
14 Top 7% in England |
St Paul's School for Girls Birmingham · Girls · Roman Catholic |
63.4 | 61.0 | 70% | No rating | |
15 Top 7% in England |
Eden Girls' School, Coventry Coventry · Girls · Muslim |
61.2 | 62.6 | 78% | No rating | |
16 Top 8% in England |
Tudor Grange Academy, Solihull Solihull |
59.6 | 58.7 | 72% | Not judged | |
17 Top 9% in England |
Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East Birmingham · Boys · Muslim |
58.9 | 60.8 | 75% | Outstanding | |
18 Top 10% in England |
Arden Knowle and Dorridge |
58.1 | 59.6 | 73% | Good | |
19 Top 11% in England |
Old Swinford Hospital Stourbridge · Church of England |
57.5 | 59.0 | 71% | No rating | |
20 Top 12% in England |
Kings Norton Girls' School Birmingham · Girls |
57.5 | 56.6 | 61% | No rating | |
21 Top 14% in England |
King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls Birmingham · Girls |
55.4 | 56.8 | 60% | Good | |
22 Top 16% in England |
Bishop Walsh Catholic School Royal Sutton Coldfield · Roman Catholic |
54.4 | 56.0 | 64% | No rating | |
23 Top 16% in England |
Alderbrook School Solihull |
53.8 | 54.2 | 65% | No rating | |
24 Top 17% in England |
The Arthur Terry School Royal Sutton Coldfield |
54.2 | 55.4 | 61% | Good | |
25 Top 18% in England |
St Peter's Catholic School Solihull · Roman Catholic |
53.6 | 53.4 | 59% | Not judged | |
26 Top 18% in England |
Nishkam High School Birmingham · Sikh |
53.5 | 51.3 | 55% | Not judged | |
27 Top 19% in England |
Birmingham Ormiston Academy Birmingham |
53.8 | 54.1 | 60% | Good | |
28 Top 19% in England |
Finham Park School Coventry |
53.4 | 55.7 | 62% | Not judged | |
29 Top 20% in England |
Q3 Academy Langley Oldbury (Sandwell) · Christian |
53.9 | 51.8 | 50% | No rating | |
30 Top 22% in England |
Barr Beacon School Pheasey |
51.3 | 51.0 | 62% | Good | |
31 Top 22% in England |
Plantsbrook School Royal Sutton Coldfield |
51.2 | 51.8 | 60% | No rating | |
32 Top 23% in England |
Summerhill School Kingswinford |
51.1 | 51.6 | 60% | No rating | |
33 Top 23% in England |
Bishop Ullathorne Catholic School Coventry · Roman Catholic |
52.4 | 52.9 | 57% | Good | |
34 Top 24% in England |
Bishop Challoner Catholic College Birmingham · Roman Catholic |
51.2 | 48.4 | 53% | Report card | |
35 Top 24% in England |
Queensbridge School Birmingham |
51.8 | 48.5 | 46% | Good | |
36 Top 24% in England |
Highfields School Wolverhampton |
51.0 | 51.7 | 59% | Report card | |
37 Top 25% in England |
Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College Coventry · Church of England |
51.9 | 51.2 | 56% | Good | |
38 Top 26% in England |
St Francis of Assisi Catholic College Aldridge · Roman Catholic |
51.1 | 53.2 | 59% | Report card | |
39 Top 27% in England |
St John Henry Newman Catholic School Coventry · Roman Catholic |
50.6 | 49.6 | 53% | No rating | |
40 Top 27% in England |
Selly Park Girls' School Birmingham · Girls |
51.2 | 52.4 | 47% | Good | |
41 Top 29% in England |
The Khalsa Academy Wolverhampton Wolverhampton |
50.2 | 49.4 | 52% | No rating | |
42 Top 30% in England |
Hillcrest School and Sixth Form Centre Birmingham · Girls |
51.1 | 52.1 | 47% | No rating | |
43 Top 31% in England |
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School Birmingham · Roman Catholic |
50.0 | 49.9 | 50% | No rating | |
44 Top 33% in England |
Heath Park Wolverhampton |
51.0 | 49.3 | 38% | Not judged | |
45 Top 33% in England |
Hodge Hill Girls' School Birmingham · Girls |
49.3 | 48.7 | 46% | Report card | |
46 Top 34% in England |
King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys Birmingham · Boys |
47.6 | 47.6 | 56% | Good | |
47 Top 36% in England |
Wheelers Lane Technology College Birmingham · Boys |
48.4 | 48.4 | 57% | Not judged | |
48 Top 36% in England |
Redhill School Stourbridge |
47.9 | 47.8 | 54% | Good | |
49 Top 37% in England |
Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form Birmingham · Girls |
49.4 | 49.8 | 45% | Good | |
50 Top 37% in England |
Fairfax Royal Sutton Coldfield |
48.4 | 49.1 | 52% | Good | |
51 Top 38% in England |
King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy Birmingham · Girls |
49.0 | 48.0 | 46% | Not judged | |
52 Top 38% in England |
Langley School Solihull |
48.4 | 47.6 | 46% | Good | |
53 Top 38% in England |
Barr's Hill School Coventry |
47.7 | 46.7 | 47% | Outstanding | |
54 Top 39% in England |
Sandwell Academy Birmingham |
48.2 | 49.1 | 52% | Good | |
55 Top 40% in England |
Lyndon School Solihull |
48.4 | 49.7 | 48% | Good | |
56 Top 40% in England |
The University of Birmingham School Birmingham |
48.0 | 45.5 | 41% | No rating | |
57 Top 41% in England |
E-ACT Heartlands Academy Birmingham |
47.0 | 50.3 | 47% | Not judged | |
58 Top 43% in England |
Windsor High School and Sixth Form Halesowen |
47.5 | 46.5 | 43% | Not judged | |
59 Top 43% in England |
St Edmund's Catholic Academy Wolverhampton · Roman Catholic |
47.9 | 50.2 | 47% | No rating | |
60 Top 43% in England |
Starbank School Birmingham |
46.0 | 49.0 | 62% | Good | |
61 Top 43% in England |
Light Hall School Solihull |
47.1 | 49.9 | 58% | Good | |
62 Top 44% in England |
The Earls High School Halesowen |
47.2 | 48.2 | 47% | Good | |
63 Top 44% in England |
The Royal School, Wolverhampton Wolverhampton |
47.0 | 43.3 | 33% | No rating | |
64 Top 45% in England |
Lode Heath School Solihull |
47.7 | 50.6 | 46% | No rating | |
65 Top 45% in England |
Yardleys School Birmingham |
46.6 | 46.7 | 46% | Good | |
66 Top 45% in England |
King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy Birmingham |
47.3 | 47.4 | 45% | Good | |
67 Top 48% in England |
Kingswinford Academy Kingswinford |
46.6 | 46.3 | 41% | No rating | |
68 Top 48% in England |
Small Heath Leadership Academy Birmingham |
45.0 | 45.7 | 48% | Good | |
69 Top 48% in England |
St John Wall Catholic School Birmingham · Roman Catholic |
47.5 | 44.7 | 39% | Good | |
70 Top 49% in England |
Ark St Alban's Academy Birmingham · Church of England |
46.4 | 46.9 | 53% | Good | |
71 Top 49% in England |
President Kennedy School Academy Coventry |
46.1 | 43.2 | 38% | Outstanding | |
72 Top 50% in England |
Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School Birmingham |
45.4 | 44.6 | 42% | Good | |
73 Top 50% in England |
Shireland Collegiate Academy Smethwick |
46.4 | 44.5 | 37% | Not judged | |
74 Bottom 50% in England |
Heart of England School Balsall Common |
45.8 | 47.2 | 46% | No rating | |
75 Bottom 50% in England |
Bristnall Hall Academy Oldbury (Sandwell) |
47.2 | 48.1 | 38% | Outstanding | |
76 Bottom 50% in England |
St Peter's Collegiate Academy Wolverhampton · Church of England |
46.3 | 44.8 | 37% | Not judged | |
77 Bottom 49% in England |
Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School Birmingham · Roman Catholic |
46.0 | 47.0 | 49% | Report card | |
78 Bottom 49% in England |
Caludon Castle School Coventry |
45.8 | 46.5 | 42% | No rating | |
79 Bottom 49% in England |
Aston Manor Academy Birmingham |
45.5 | 44.6 | 41% | No rating | |
80 Bottom 49% in England |
Wood Green Academy Wednesbury |
45.9 | 44.7 | 38% | Good | |
81 Bottom 48% in England |
John Henry Newman Catholic College Birmingham · Roman Catholic |
45.5 | 43.6 | 38% | Report card | |
82 Bottom 48% in England |
Q3 Academy Great Barr West Bromwich · Christian |
44.7 | 44.2 | 45% | No rating | |
83 Bottom 48% in England |
Moseley Park Bilston (Wolverhampton) |
47.0 | 44.8 | 38% | Report card | |
84 Bottom 48% in England |
Hodge Hill College Birmingham |
45.7 | 45.1 | 40% | Report card | |
85 Bottom 48% in England |
Seva School Coventry · Sikh |
44.7 | 44.4 | 43% | Good | |
86 Bottom 47% in England |
Bishop Milner Catholic College Dudley · Roman Catholic |
45.9 | 45.9 | 40% | No rating | |
87 Bottom 47% in England |
Ark Victoria Academy Birmingham |
45.8 | 48.4 | 45% | No rating | |
88 Bottom 47% in England |
St Michael's Church of England High School Rowley Regis · Church of England |
47.0 | 48.9 | 38% | No rating | |
89 Bottom 46% in England |
Ninestiles, an Academy Birmingham |
45.2 | 44.9 | 40% | Good | |
90 Bottom 45% in England |
Aldridge School - A Science College Aldridge |
45.2 | 45.2 | 41% | No rating | |
91 Bottom 45% in England |
Grace Academy Solihull Birmingham |
44.8 | 44.2 | 39% | Report card | |
92 Bottom 43% in England |
Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School Coventry · Roman Catholic |
43.8 | 46.6 | 46% | Report card | |
93 Bottom 43% in England |
Stoke Park School Coventry |
44.9 | 43.4 | 35% | Report card | |
94 Bottom 42% in England |
Harborne Academy Birmingham |
44.2 | 44.6 | 44% | No rating | |
95 Bottom 42% in England |
Park Hall Academy Birmingham |
45.0 | 45.6 | 41% | No rating | |
96 Bottom 42% in England |
Hall Green School Birmingham |
44.7 | 42.5 | 32% | Not judged | |
97 Bottom 42% in England |
Coppice Performing Arts School Wolverhampton |
45.1 | 43.8 | 34% | Good | |
98 Bottom 41% in England |
The Streetly Academy Streetly |
44.2 | 42.1 | 36% | Good | |
99 Bottom 40% in England |
St Edmund Campion Catholic School Birmingham · Roman Catholic |
44.6 | 45.8 | 38% | No rating | |
100 Bottom 40% in England |
Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School Wednesbury · Roman Catholic |
43.4 | 41.4 | 35% | Good |
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Best secondary school in each town
- Birmingham · best: King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls
- Royal Sutton Coldfield · best: Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls
- Wolverhampton · best: Wolverhampton Girls' High School
- Walsall · best: Queen Mary's Grammar School
- Coventry · best: Eden Girls' School, Coventry
- Solihull · best: Tudor Grange Academy, Solihull
- Stourbridge · best: Old Swinford Hospital
- Oldbury (Sandwell) · best: Q3 Academy Langley
- Kingswinford · best: Summerhill School
- Halesowen · best: Windsor High School and Sixth Form
- West Bromwich · best: Q3 Academy Great Barr
- Dudley · best: Bishop Milner Catholic College
- Willenhall · best: St Thomas More Catholic School, Willenhall
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Questions
What is the best secondary school in West Midlands?
On exam results over the last three years, King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls is the top-ranked secondary school in West Midlands, in the top 1% of schools in England.
How are the schools ranked?
By published Department for Education exam results averaged over three years: for secondary schools, Attainment 8 plus a quarter of the share getting grade 5+ in English and maths; for primary schools, the share reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths plus half the share reaching the higher standard. The order uses the three-year average, so a school can rank above one with a higher single-year result. Schools with fewer than 10 pupils taking the tests are not ranked. Exam results are only part of the picture: visit, read the Ofsted report and check admissions rules, as living nearby does not guarantee a place.