There are 799 secondary schools in the West Midlands, teaching 470,396 children. 49 are run by the council and 458 are academies or free schools. Among them are 225 special and 243 independent schools.
92% of the mainstream state schools Ofsted has graded are Good or Outstanding, against 94.8% across England. 28 of them are Outstanding, though some grades are several years old, so check the date on each school's page.
Pupils in West Midlands scored an average Attainment 8 of 45.1 across their best eight GCSEs, against 46.2 across England.
33.8% of pupils get free school meals. Schools here spend £8,683 a year on each pupil, against £8,120 across England. 24.3% of pupils are persistently absent, missing one day in ten or more, against 18.1% across England.
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