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Birmingham School Catchment Areas

Reviewed by the catchment.school editorial team · Last updated 15 March 2026

Birmingham runs one of the larger school estates in England - 292 primary and 82 secondary schools, spread across market towns, villages and denser urban centres.

School density is highest in Birmingham and Sutton Coldfield - parents in rural parts of Birmingham should check the exact distance-offered figure from the previous year before banking on proximity alone.

Around 21% of schools in Birmingham have a religious character - Church of England, Catholic, or other faith - which means faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in those schools' oversubscription tiebreakers.

Each Birmingham school below links to its official DfE record and Ofsted report so you can verify everything against the source data yourself.

512 total 292 primary 82 secondary 7 areas

Based on the latest published capacity data, 128 of the 512 schools in Birmingham are at or above their admission number, so catchment distance is decisive at those schools. Birmingham has 18 selective schools that admit by entrance test rather than distance. 109 schools apply faith-based criteria alongside catchment distance. Of the 205 Birmingham schools with a current Ofsted rating, 181 are rated Good or Outstanding.

Birmingham Catchment Area Documents

Official admissions policies and catchment boundary maps for Birmingham schools are published annually. The council publishes oversubscription criteria, last-distance figures, and appeals timetables on its dedicated admissions page.

Birmingham admissions (official) →

Schools in Birmingham

464 schools

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Schools in Other

7 schools

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