Compare

Education in West Midlands

Region

West England. 6,205,854 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 13,004 square kilometres.

2 layers about education for West Midlands, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source.

Open in map

Schools by council

Worked out by Open Index · 2026

Under 25250 or more

West Midlands’s 30 councils range from 36 to 510 in Birmingham.

Number of schools

CouncilGreat Britain only

Published for councils, not as one figure for the whole of West Midlands. The map shows each one.

Worked out by Open Index from the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government.

Schools

Exact pointGreat Britain only

Published as points, so there is no single figure for West Midlands. The map shows each one.