Schools in Birmingham

Below is a table of the different ‘School Stages’ children and young people progress through:

Educational Stage	Child’s Age	School or Setting Type
Early Years (EY)	0 – 3 years	Pre-school or nursery
Foundation Phase (FP)	3 – 7 years	Infant, Preparatory, or Primary
Key Stage 2 (KS2)	7 – 11 years	Junior or Primary
Key Stage 3 (KS3)	11 – 14 years	Secondary
Key Stage 4 (KS4)	14 – 16 years	Secondary – GCSE years
Key Stage 5	16 – 19 years	Sixth Form, Secondary, Further Educational College, Work based placement

More information about Early Year’s settings can be found here.

A list of all schools in Birmingham can be found here.

A list of all Further Education Colleges in Birmingham can be found here.

You can search for a school by postcode here.

A list of Special Schools can be found here