Sixth Forms / West Midlands
Sixth Forms in West Midlands
Browse 225 sixth forms and sixth-form colleges in West Midlands. Compare A-Level results, entry requirements, Ofsted ratings and university destinations.
225 sixth forms in West Midlands
Barr's Hill School
Coventry · Secondary · Mixed
Bishop Vesey's Grammar School
Sutton Coldfield · Secondary · Boys
Bristnall Hall Academy
Oldbury · Secondary · Mixed
Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East
Birmingham · Secondary · Boys
Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College
Birmingham · Post-16 · Mixed
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys
Birmingham · Secondary · Boys
President Kennedy School Academy
Coventry · Secondary · Mixed
Queen Mary's Grammar School
Walsall · Secondary · Boys
The Hive College
Birmingham · Special · Mixed
Wolverhampton Girls' High School
Wolverhampton · Secondary · Girls
Arden
Solihull · Secondary · Mixed
Ark Kings Academy
Birmingham · All-through · Mixed
Ark St Alban's Academy
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
Aurora Cedars School
Wolverhampton · Special · Mixed
Aurora Wilden View School
Kidderminster · Special · Mixed
Barr Beacon School
Walsall · Secondary · Mixed
Birmingham Metropolitan College
Birmingham · Post-16 · Mixed
Birmingham Ormiston Academy
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
Bishop Ullathorne Catholic School
Coventry · Secondary · Mixed
Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College
Coventry · Secondary · Mixed
Broadway Academy
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
City of Wolverhampton College
Bilston, Wolverhampton · Post-16 · Mixed
Cockshut Hill School
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
Coppice Performing Arts School
Wolverhampton · Secondary · Mixed
Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
Dudley College of Technology
Dudley · Post-16 · Mixed
Fairfax
Sutton Coldfield · Secondary · Mixed
Fircroft College of Adult Education
Birmingham · Post-16 · Mixed
Fortis Academy
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
Grace Academy Coventry
Coventry · Secondary · Mixed
Great Wyrley Academy
Walsall · Secondary · Mixed
Halesowen College
Halesowen · Post-16 · Mixed
Hallmoor School
Birmingham · Special · Mixed
Hamstead Hall Academy
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
Heart of Birmingham Vocational College
Birmingham · Special · Mixed
Hereward College of Further Education
Coventry · Post-16 · Mixed
Holte School
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
King Edward VI College Stourbridge
Stourbridge · Post-16 · Mixed
King Edward VI Five Ways School
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys
Birmingham · Secondary · Boys
King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls
Birmingham · Secondary · Girls
King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
Light Hall School
Solihull · Secondary · Mixed
Maple House School
Birmingham · Special · Mixed
Ormiston Shelfield Community Academy
Walsall · Secondary · Mixed
Park View
Coventry · Special · Mixed
Penn Fields School
Wolverhampton · Special · Mixed
Pool Hayes Academy
Willenhall · Secondary · Mixed
Prince Albert High School
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
Queen Alexandra College
Birmingham · Special · Mixed
Queensbury School
Birmingham · Special · Mixed
Sandwell Academy
West Bromwich · Secondary · Mixed
Sidney Stringer Academy
Coventry · Secondary · Mixed
Small Heath Leadership Academy
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
Solihull College & University Centre
Solihull · Post-16 · Mixed
Solihull Sixth Form College
Solihull · Post-16 · Mixed
Spring Hill High School
Birmingham · Special · Mixed
St Thomas More Catholic School, Willenhall
Willenhall · Secondary · Mixed
Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School
Wednesbury · Secondary · Mixed
Sunfield Garden School and Children's Home
Stourbridge · Special · Mixed
Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls
Sutton Coldfield · Secondary · Girls
The Arthur Terry School
Sutton Coldfield · Secondary · Mixed
The Phoenix Collegiate
West Bromwich · Secondary · Mixed
The Streetly Academy
Sutton Coldfield · Secondary · Mixed
Turves Green Boys' School
Birmingham · Secondary · Boys
Victoria College
Birmingham · Special · Mixed
Victoria School
Birmingham · Special · Mixed
Walsall College
Walsall · Post-16 · Mixed
West Coventry Academy
Coventry · Secondary · Mixed
Christ Church, Church of England Secondary Academy
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
Mayfield School
Birmingham · Special · Mixed
Meadow Park School
Coventry · Secondary · Mixed
Newbury Independent School
Birmingham · Senior · Mixed
Shireland Biomedical Utc
West Bromwich · Secondary · Mixed
Albright Education Centre
Tipton · PRU · Mixed
Alderbrook School
Solihull · Secondary · Mixed
Aldersley High School
Wolverhampton · Secondary · Mixed
Aldridge School - A Science College
Walsall · Secondary · Mixed
Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
Ark Victoria Academy
Birmingham · All-through · Mixed
Ash Green School
Coventry · Secondary · Mixed
Aston Manor Academy
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
Aston University Engineering Academy
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
Aston University Mathematics School
Birmingham · Post-16 · Mixed
Baginton Fields Academy
Coventry · Special · Mixed
Baskerville School
Birmingham · Special · Mixed
Birmingham Independent College
Birmingham · Senior · Mixed
Bishop Challoner Catholic College
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
Bishop Milner Catholic College
Dudley · Secondary · Mixed
Bishop Walsh Catholic School
Sutton Coldfield · Secondary · Mixed
Blue Coat Church of England Academy
Walsall · Secondary · Mixed
Braidwood School for the Deaf
Birmingham · Special · Mixed
Calthorpe Academy
Birmingham · Special · Mixed
Caludon Castle School
Coventry · Secondary · Mixed
Camp Hill Education
Birmingham · Senior · Mixed
Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School
Coventry · Secondary · Mixed
Castle School
Walsall · Special · Mixed
Cherry Tree School
Walsall · Special · Mixed
Colmers School and Sixth Form College
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
Colton Hills Community School
Wolverhampton · Secondary · Mixed
Corley Academy
Coventry · Special · Mixed
Coundon Court
Coventry · Secondary · Mixed
E-ACT Heartlands Academy
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
E-ACT North Birmingham Academy
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
Eden Boys' School, Birmingham
Birmingham · Secondary · Boys
Eden Girls' School, Coventry
Coventry · Secondary · Girls
Edgbaston High School for Girls
Birmingham · All-through · Girls
Elmfield Rudolf Steiner School Limited
Stourbridge · All-through · Mixed
Elmhurst Ballet School
Birmingham · Senior · Mixed
Emmanuel School
Walsall · All-through · Mixed
Ernesford Grange Community Academy
Coventry · Secondary · Mixed
Finham Park 2
Coventry · Secondary · Mixed
Finham Park School
Coventry · Secondary · Mixed
Forest Oak School
Birmingham · Special · Mixed
Fox Hollies School
Birmingham · Special · Mixed
Future First Independent School
Birmingham · Senior · Mixed
George Dixon Academy
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
George Salter Academy
West Bromwich · Secondary · Mixed
Glasshouse College
Stourbridge · Special · Mixed
Gospel Oak School
Tipton · Secondary · Mixed
Grace Academy Darlaston
Wednesbury · Secondary · Mixed
Grace Academy Solihull
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
Green Park School
Bilston · Special · Mixed
Halesbury School
Halesowen · Special · Mixed
Hazel Oak School
Solihull · Special · Mixed
Heart of England School
Coventry · Secondary · Mixed
Heath Park
Wolverhampton · Secondary · Mixed
Highclare School
West Midlands · All-through · Mixed
Highfields School
Wolverhampton · Secondary · Mixed
Hillcrest School and Sixth Form Centre
Birmingham · Secondary · Girls
Holly Lodge High School College of Science
Smethwick · Secondary · Mixed
Holyhead School
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
James Brindley School
Birmingham · Special · Mixed
Jamia Islamia Birmingham
Birmingham · Senior · Boys
John Henry Newman Catholic College
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
Joseph Leckie Academy
Walsall · Secondary · Mixed
Kimichi School
Birmingham · All-through · Mixed
King Edward's School
Birmingham · Senior · Boys
King Edward VI Aston School
Birmingham · Secondary · Boys
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls
Birmingham · Secondary · Girls
King Edward VI Handsworth School
Birmingham · Secondary · Girls
King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy
Birmingham · Secondary · Girls
King Edward VI High School for Girls
Birmingham · Senior · Girls
Kings Norton Girls' School
Birmingham · Secondary · Girls
Kinver High School and Sixth Form
Stourbridge · Secondary · Mixed
Lift Greenwood
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
Lyng Hall School
Coventry · Secondary · Mixed
Mander Portman Woodward Independent College
Birmingham · Senior · Mixed
Merstone School
Birmingham · Special · Mixed
Moreton School
Wolverhampton · Secondary · Mixed
Moseley Park
Bilston · Secondary · Mixed
Moseley School and Sixth Form
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
New Ways School
Kings Norton · Senior · Mixed
Ninestiles, an Academy
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
Nishkam High School
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
Old Swinford Hospital
Stourbridge · Secondary · Mixed
Ormiston Forge Academy
Cradley Heath · Secondary · Mixed
Ormiston NEW Academy
Wolverhampton · Secondary · Mixed
Oscott Manor School
Birmingham · Special · Mixed
Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy
Wolverhampton · Secondary · Mixed
Park Hall Academy
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
Penn Hall School
Wolverhampton · Special · Mixed
Pens Meadow School
Pensnett · Special · Mixed
Plantsbrook School
Sutton Coldfield · Secondary · Mixed
Priestley Smith School
Birmingham · Special · Mixed
Q3 Academy Great Barr
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
Q3 Academy Tipton
Tipton · Secondary · Mixed
Queen Mary's High School
Walsall · Secondary · Girls
Reynalds Cross School
Solihull · Special · Mixed
Riverbank School
Coventry · Special · Mixed
Riverside Education
Birmingham · Senior · Mixed
Sandwell College
West Bromwich · Post-16 · Mixed
Selly Oak Trust School
Birmingham · Special · Mixed
Sherbourne Fields School
Coventry · Special · Mixed
Shireland Collegiate Academy
Smethwick · Secondary · Mixed
Shire Oak Academy
Walsall · Secondary · Mixed
Solihull School
Solihull · All-through · Mixed
South and City College Birmingham
Birmingham · Post-16 · Mixed
St Edmund Campion Catholic School
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
St Edmund's Catholic Academy
Wolverhampton · Secondary · Mixed
St Francis of Assisi Catholic College
Walsall · Secondary · Mixed
St George's School Edgbaston
West Midlands · All-through · Mixed
St John Henry Newman Catholic School
Coventry · Secondary · Mixed
St Matthias School
Wolverhampton · Secondary · Mixed
Stoke Park School
Coventry · Secondary · Mixed
St Paul's School for Girls
Birmingham · Secondary · Girls
St Peter's Catholic School
Solihull · Secondary · Mixed
St Peter's Collegiate Academy
Wolverhampton · Secondary · Mixed
St Regis Church of England Academy
Wolverhampton · Secondary · Mixed
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
Sunny Hill School
Dudley · Special
Swanshurst School
Birmingham · Secondary · Girls
Tettenhall College Incorporated
Wolverhampton · All-through · Mixed
Tettenhall Wood School
Wolverhampton · Special · Mixed
The Khalsa Academy Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton · Secondary · Mixed
The Meadows School
Oldbury · Special · Mixed
The Old Park School
Brierley Hill · Special · Mixed
The Royal School, Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton · All-through · Mixed
The Warwickshire Academy
Coventry · Special · Mixed
The Wenlock School
West Midlands · Special · Mixed
The Westwood Academy
Coventry · Secondary · Mixed
Thomas Telford University Technical College
Wolverhampton · Secondary · Mixed
Tipton Green College
Tipton · Special · Mixed
Trinity Specialist College
Sutton Coldfield · Special · Mixed
Tudor Grange Academy, Solihull
Solihull · Secondary · Mixed
Walsall Academy
Walsall · Secondary · Mixed
Walsall Studio School
Walsall · Secondary · Mixed
Waseley Hills High School
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
Washwood Heath Academy
Birmingham · All-through · Mixed
Waterside School
Coventry · Special · Mixed
Waverley School
Birmingham · All-through · Mixed
Waverley Studio College
Birmingham · Secondary · Mixed
Wednesfield Academy
Wolverhampton · Secondary · Mixed
Westcroft School
Wolverhampton · Special · Mixed
West Walsall E-ACT Academy
Walsall · Secondary · Mixed
Wightwick Hall School
Wolverhampton · Special · Mixed
Willenhall E-ACT Academy
Willenhall · Secondary · Mixed
Wilson Stuart School
Birmingham · Special · Mixed
Windsor High School and Sixth Form
Halesowen · Secondary · Mixed
WMG Academy for Young Engineers
Coventry · Secondary · Mixed
Wolverhampton Grammar School
Wolverhampton · All-through · Mixed
Wolverhampton Vocational Training Centre
Wolverhampton · Special · Mixed
Wombourne High School
Wolverhampton · Secondary · Mixed
Wood Green Academy
Wednesbury · Secondary · Mixed
Woodlands
Birmingham · Special · Mixed
About sixth forms in West Midlands
Sixth forms in West Midlands provide 16-18 education through school sixth forms and dedicated sixth-form or further education colleges, each offering a different mix of A-Levels, T-Levels and BTECs. Entry requirements are set by each institution and typically depend on GCSE grades - most ask for at least five passes at grade 4 or above, with higher grades required for individual subjects. Course availability varies considerably across sixth forms in West Midlands, so it is worth checking whether the specific A-Level or vocational subjects you want are actually on offer before you apply. Open evenings in the autumn term of Year 11 are the best chance to ask questions in person and compare the teaching environment, support offer and facilities.
When comparing sixth forms in West Midlands, start with A-Level results - the average points per entry and grades at AAB or above give a consistent measure to work with across different institutions. Look at university destinations too: progression to Russell Group universities and the quality of UCAS guidance can vary significantly between a school sixth form and a standalone sixth-form college. Application deadlines in West Midlands typically fall in the winter of Year 11, so shortlist early, attend open evenings and use School Signal to compare the data in one place.
Choosing a school in West Midlands
Whether or not West Midlands has schools of a particular type, the same fundamentals help you compare your options. Ofsted judgements - Outstanding, Good, Requires Improvement or Inadequate - summarise the quality of education, behaviour, personal development and leadership. A rating is a useful starting point, but bear in mind that some schools have not been inspected for several years and that a single word cannot capture everything about a school.
For secondary schools, Progress 8 is often more revealing than raw results. It measures how much pupils improve between the end of primary school and their GCSEs, so a school serving a less advantaged community can still post strong progress. Attainment 8 shows average achievement across eight GCSEs, and the percentage of pupils reaching grade 5 or above in English and maths is a useful benchmark. For 16-18 study, look at A-Level and applied-course results and where students go next.
Beyond the data, look at how places are allocated when a school is oversubscribed and whether your address is likely to secure one, the range of subjects and activities on offer, the sixth-form provision if you are planning ahead, and travel and transport. Above all, visit. An open day tells you more about a school's atmosphere, pastoral care and whether it will suit your child than any league table can.
Frequently asked questions
How many sixth forms are there in West Midlands?
There are 225 sixth forms in West Midlands listed on School Signal, of which 69 are rated Outstanding or Good by Ofsted.
Which sixth form in West Midlands has the best Ofsted rating?
Barr's Hill School is among the highest rated sixth forms in West Midlands, judged Outstanding at its most recent Ofsted inspection.
What grades do I need for sixth form in West Midlands?
Most sixth forms in West Midlands ask for a minimum of five GCSEs at grade 4 or above, including English and Maths, though the exact threshold varies by institution. Individual A-Level subjects typically have their own grade requirements - sciences, Maths and languages often ask for a 6 or 7 in the relevant GCSE. Some sixth forms in West Midlands set higher overall entry thresholds, particularly those with strong university progression records, so always check the specific entry offer on each school's page.