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Area guide · Birmingham and Sandwell

Living in West Midlands with children

West Midlands, Birmingham and Sandwell. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date.

4schools in West Midlands
93%gigabit broadband

Schools

4 schools: 0 state primary, 0 state secondary, 4 privateWest Midlands on the schools map →

No school in West Midlands is in the league tables we hold.

Every school in West Midlands, with inspection, league band and the last place offered

Private schools (4)

SchoolInspectionLeague rankLast place offered
St George's School EdgbastonIndependent Schools Inspectorate: standards met(4/7) in Birmingham—
Highclare SchoolIndependent Schools Inspectorate: standards met(5/7) in Birmingham—
Al Khair Primary School———
The British Muslim School———
West Midlands rankings →Could we get in? →Catchments →

Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Homes and prices

Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)

We don't hold Land Registry sales for West Midlands yet, so its typical prices are unknown here.

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Getting around

Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)
3railway stations within 2 km: Winson Green Outer Circle (West Midlands Metro) (0.2 miles); Handsworth Booth Street (West Midlands Metro) (0.4 miles); Soho Benson Road (West Midlands Metro) (0.5 miles)
52bus stops within 1 km of the middle of its schools

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.

Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 93% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 97%, on average across the 1,741 postcodes in B68, B23, B15. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).

Safety and environment

The town centre; addresses vary
not heldCrimeWe don't hold police.uk figures for West Midlands yet.
Flood zone 1FloodAt the middle of its schools, the area is in flood zone 1 for rivers and the sea on the Environment Agency's Flood Map for Planning (not in zone 2 or 3, the lowest of the three). Surface-water risk: we don't hold that map, so it is unknown here. One point says little about a whole town, and the zones describe the area, not a building: check the address on the Environment Agency's long-term flood risk service.Source: Environment Agency, Flood Map for Planning (Rivers and Sea), read from its open download. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Open Government Licence v3.0.
NO₂ 16.2AirAt the middle of its schools, an annual mean on DEFRA's 1 km map: nitrogen dioxide 16.2 µg/m³ (2024); PM2.5 8.2 µg/m³ (2024); PM10 12.9 µg/m³ (2024). A background figure, not the air beside a busy road. Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.

Childcare

Ofsted early years register; published prices

We don't hold registered nurseries for West Midlands.

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Key dates, Birmingham

The next dates for families applying
Secondary applications close31 Oct 2026
Primary applications close15 Jan 2027
Secondary offer day1 Mar 2027

Application deadlines and offer days: Birmingham · Sandwell.

Every date, and reminders →

Nearby towns

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.