Best schools in West Midlands

St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School is the top-ranked school in West Midlands overall (LocaleIQ score 99.9 out of 100). Ofsted: Outstanding. KS2 expected 91% · higher 36%. Primary and secondary schools are scored on separate metrics and peer pools — use the phase tabs above to compare like for like.

St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School leads the West Midlands primary school ranking (LocaleIQ 99.9). Ofsted: Outstanding. KS2 expected 91% · higher 36%. The Primary tab above shows the full ranked list of West Midlands primary schools.

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls leads the West Midlands secondary school ranking (LocaleIQ 99.7). Ofsted: Outstanding. Attainment 8 80.4. The Secondary tab above shows the full ranked list of West Midlands secondary schools.

71 schools in the West Midlands ranking hold an Outstanding Ofsted rating: St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School, St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Streetly, King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls, The Olive School, Birmingham, Four Oaks Primary School, and 66 more. Outstanding means Ofsted judged the school exceptional in all inspection areas. LocaleIQ weighs DfE performance data alongside Ofsted, so a Good-rated school can still rank highly.

By average LocaleIQ score across postcode areas, B14 has the strongest cluster — 99.3 average across 2 ranked schools. CV6 sits at the lower end (89.2 average). School-led moves in the West Midlands need authority-level and postcode-level checking because the county hides a lot of local variation. Postcode averages mask individual variation — always review each school's full profile.

This ranking covers 120 schools (primary and secondary) in the West Midlands comparison pool, across 7 local authority districts. Use the Primary or Secondary tabs for phase-specific rankings. Schools without sufficient published data are excluded but may appear in the LocaleIQ directory.