Best Schools in West Midlands

Ranked list of towns in West Midlands by % top-two school inspection bands. Data is sourced from official public datasets and updated regularly.

Among 137 towns, the share of schools in the top two inspection bands ranged from 100.0% in Kempsey down to 0.0% in Water Orton. The median was 100.0%.

🥇 Top of the list

Solihull

% Top-Two School Inspection Bands: 100.0%

🥈 Second place

Royal Sutton Coldfield

% Top-Two School Inspection Bands: 100.0%

🥉 Third place

Burton upon Trent

% Top-Two School Inspection Bands: 100.0%

The percentage uses schools with a recorded inspection outcome (rated). “All schools” matches the area page total. When scores tie, more rated schools rank higher than a lone 100%.


1 (top 3)	Solihull	37	28	28	100.0%
2 (top 3)	Royal Sutton Coldfield	31	21	21	100.0%
3 (top 3)	Burton upon Trent	28	20	20	100.0%
4	Cannock	20	16	16	100.0%
5	Halesowen	18	16	16	100.0%
6	Stourbridge	16	15	15	100.0%
7	Smethwick	18	13	13	100.0%
8	Kidderminster	16	13	13	100.0%
9	Bilston (Wolverhampton)	11	9	9	100.0%
10	Stratford-upon-Avon	10	9	9	100.0%
11	Bromsgrove	11	8	8	100.0%
12	Biddulph	8	7	7	100.0%
13	Kidsgrove	8	7	7	100.0%
14	Burntwood	10	7	7	100.0%
15	Brownhills	10	7	7	100.0%
16	Darlaston	7	7	7	100.0%
17	Warwick	11	7	7	100.0%
18	Coseley	6	6	6	100.0%
19	Cradley Heath	7	6	6	100.0%
20	Evesham	8	6	6	100.0%
21	Stone (Stafford)	8	5	5	100.0%
22	Penkridge	5	5	5	100.0%
23	Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay	7	5	5	100.0%
24	Codsall	7	5	5	100.0%
25	Rushall and Shelfield	5	5	5	100.0%
26	Aldridge	6	5	5	100.0%
27	Knowle and Dorridge	5	5	5	100.0%
28	Cheadle (Staffordshire Moorlands)	5	4	4	100.0%
29	Blythe Bridge	4	4	4	100.0%
30	Uttoxeter	8	4	4	100.0%
31	Oswestry	5	4	4	100.0%
32	Atherstone	4	4	4	100.0%
33	Stourport-on-Severn	7	4	4	100.0%
34	Kenilworth	7	4	4	100.0%
35	Studley	4	4	4	100.0%
36	Alcester	5	4	4	100.0%
37	Madeley	3	3	3	100.0%
38	Pelsall	3	3	3	100.0%
39	Perton	3	3	3	100.0%
40	Pheasey	3	3	3	100.0%
41	Coleshill (North Warwickshire)	4	3	3	100.0%
42	Kinver	3	3	3	100.0%
43	Hagley	3	3	3	100.0%
44	Catshill	3	3	3	100.0%
45	Tenbury Wells	3	3	3	100.0%
46	Whitnash	4	3	3	100.0%
47	Ross-on-Wye	4	3	3	100.0%
48	Bignall End	2	2	2	100.0%
49	Werrington	2	2	2	100.0%
50	Whitchurch (Shropshire)	2	2	2	100.0%
51	Upper Tean	2	2	2	100.0%
52	Wem	2	2	2	100.0%
53	Handsacre and Armitage	2	2	2	100.0%
54	Shifnal	3	2	2	100.0%
55	Fazeley	2	2	2	100.0%
56	Polesworth and Dordon	3	2	2	100.0%
57	Church Stretton	2	2	2	100.0%
58	Bulkington	2	2	2	100.0%
59	Hollywood	2	2	2	100.0%
60	Bewdley	3	2	2	100.0%
61	Ludlow	3	2	2	100.0%
62	Alvechurch	2	2	2	100.0%
63	Cubbington	2	2	2	100.0%
64	Henley-in-Arden	3	2	2	100.0%
65	Southam (Stratford-on-Avon)	4	2	2	100.0%
66	Leominster	2	2	2	100.0%
67	Shipston-on-Stour	2	2	2	100.0%
68	Ledbury	2	2	2	100.0%
69	Talke and Talke Pits	1	1	1	100.0%
70	Cheddleton	1	1	1	100.0%
71	Ellesmere	2	1	1	100.0%
72	Gobowen	1	1	1	100.0%
73	Tutbury	1	1	1	100.0%
74	Stretton (East Staffordshire)	1	1	1	100.0%
75	Barton-under-Needwood	3	1	1	100.0%
76	Fradley South	2	1	1	100.0%
77	Featherstone (South Staffordshire)	1	1	1	100.0%
78	Albrighton	2	1	1	100.0%
79	Essington	1	1	1	100.0%
80	Blackheath	1	1	1	100.0%
81	Keresley Newlands	1	1	1	100.0%
82	Highley	1	1	1	100.0%
83	Balsall Common	2	1	1	100.0%
84	Dickens Heath	1	1	1	100.0%
85	Barnt Green	2	1	1	100.0%
86	Cawston (Rugby)	1	1	1	100.0%
87	Astwood Bank	2	1	1	100.0%
88	Fernhill Heath	1	1	1	100.0%
89	Wellesbourne	1	1	1	100.0%
90	Bromyard	2	1	1	100.0%
91	Bidford-on-Avon	1	1	1	100.0%
92	Kempsey	1	1	1	100.0%
93	West Bromwich	33	26	25	96.2%
94	Rugby	32	26	25	96.2%
95	Worcester	27	24	23	95.8%
96	Tamworth	32	22	21	95.5%
97	Nuneaton	29	21	20	95.2%
98	Wolverhampton	83	61	58	95.1%
99	Stoke-on-Trent	87	71	67	94.4%
100	Oldbury (Sandwell)	17	13	12	92.3%
101	Royal Leamington Spa	15	13	12	92.3%
102	Birmingham	378	297	273	91.9%
103	Newcastle-under-Lyme	27	22	20	90.9%
104	Walsall	27	21	19	90.5%
105	Coventry	107	91	82	90.1%
106	Tipton	15	10	9	90.0%
107	Rugeley	9	9	8	88.9%
108	Lichfield	14	9	8	88.9%
109	Wednesbury	10	9	8	88.9%
110	Great Malvern	11	9	8	88.9%
111	Bloxwich	19	17	15	88.2%
112	Willenhall	17	15	13	86.7%
113	Kingswinford	19	15	13	86.7%
114	Hereford	17	14	12	85.7%
115	Rowley Regis	11	7	6	85.7%
116	Redditch	27	20	17	85.0%
117	Stafford	28	18	15	83.3%
118	Newport (Telford and Wrekin)	8	6	5	83.3%
119	Bridgnorth	6	6	5	83.3%
120	Shrewsbury	24	16	13	81.2%
121	Dudley (Dudley)	19	15	12	80.0%
122	Bedworth	11	10	8	80.0%
123	Droitwich Spa	7	5	4	80.0%
124	Telford	53	40	31	77.5%
125	Sedgley	9	8	6	75.0%
126	Market Drayton	4	4	3	75.0%
127	Streetly	6	4	3	75.0%
128	Pershore	4	4	3	75.0%
129	Leek	10	7	5	71.4%
130	Brierley Hill	10	7	5	71.4%
131	Harriseahead, Mow Cop and Newchapel	3	3	2	66.7%
132	Norton Canes	3	3	2	66.7%
133	Wombourne	5	3	2	66.7%
134	Broseley	2	2	1	50.0%
135	Kingsbury	2	2	1	50.0%
136	Water Orton	1	1	0	0.0%
137	Long Lawford	1	1	0	0.0%