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Schools near B68

Every Ofsted-rated school within 3 miles, on the map and in the table, against the national picture. Search a full postcode and the table adds a column for that address: whether it sits inside each school's last admission distance.

B68

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72% Outstanding or Good · below the 80% national figure

Within 3 miles: 79 schools, 1 sixth form or FE college (16 plus).

4 Outstanding 35 Good 3 Requires improvement 12 Report card 25 No current grade

Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate Report card No current grade published admission distance estimated

Report card: inspected since Ofsted stopped one-word grades in late 2024, so it has a report card rather than a grade. No current grade: Ofsted's register holds no graded inspection for the school, usually because it is new, or has become an academy and not yet been inspected as one.

No reading for an address here: B68 is a district, and a school's admission distance is measured from a home, not from the middle of an area. Search a full postcode in B68 and its table adds a column saying, school by school, whether that address sits inside last time's distance. Check a postcode

School Phase Ofsted Distance Admitted from Results
Community school Primary Good 0.2 mi away 0.28 mi est. 48.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Report card 0.3 mi away no figure 78.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Report card 0.3 mi away no figure no figure
Academy converter Primary No current grade 0.4 mi away 1.28 mi varies 50.0% KS2
Academy converter Secondary Good 0.4 mi away 0.81 mi est. 37.4 A8
Academy sponsor led Secondary Ungraded inspection, January 2025: improved significantly 0.4 mi away 1.17 mi varies 51.8 A8
Community school Primary Good 0.5 mi away 0.4 mi est. 73.0% KS2
Academy converter Secondary Outstanding 0.5 mi away 0.82 mi varies 48.1 A8
Community special school Special No current grade 0.7 mi away no figure no figure
Community school Primary No current grade 0.7 mi away 1.29 mi varies 62.0% KS2
Other independent school Primary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 0.8 mi away no figure no figure
Community school Primary Report card 0.8 mi away no figure 58.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Primary Good 0.9 mi away 0.78 mi varies 63.0% KS2
Academy converter Secondary Good 0.9 mi away 0.78 mi est. 43.8 A8
Community school Primary Good 0.9 mi away 0.25 mi est. no figure
Community school Primary Ungraded inspection, March 2025: standards maintained 0.9 mi away 0.67 mi varies 74.0% KS2
Community school Primary Report card 1.0 mi away no figure 62.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Outstanding 1.1 mi away 0.33 mi varies 57.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 1.1 mi away 0.37 mi est. 81.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 1.1 mi away no figure 55.0% KS2
Community school Primary No current grade 1.2 mi away 0.37 mi est. 50.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Ungraded inspection, July 2025: standards maintained 1.3 mi away 0.27 mi est. 66.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 1.3 mi away 0.2 mi est. 64.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 1.3 mi away no figure 71.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary No current grade 1.3 mi away no figure no figure
Community school Primary Good 1.3 mi away 1.32 mi 2025 66.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Requires improvement 1.4 mi away 0.34 mi est. 77.0% KS2
Foundation special school Special Report card 1.4 mi away no figure no figure
Foundation school Secondary Good 1.5 mi away no figure 42.1 A8
Academy sponsor led Primary Ungraded inspection, April 2025: standards maintained 1.5 mi away 0.6 mi 2023/24 75.0% KS2
Community school Primary No current grade 1.5 mi away 0.28 mi varies 65.0% KS2
Community school Primary Report card 1.5 mi away 0.4 mi varies 63.0% KS2
Voluntary controlled school Primary Report card 1.6 mi away 0.24 mi est. 59.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Secondary No current grade 1.6 mi away 0.33 mi est. 44.5 A8
Academy converter Secondary Report card 1.6 mi away no figure 43.3 A8
Academy sponsor led Primary Good 1.6 mi away no figure 80.0% KS2
Free schools Primary Outstanding 1.6 mi away 0.55 mi varies 75.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Secondary Good 1.6 mi away 0.46 mi est. 42.1 A8
Academy converter Primary Report card 1.6 mi away 0.49 mi est. 62.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Primary Good 1.6 mi away no figure 78.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 1.7 mi away 1.68 mi 2025 64.0% KS2
Academy converter Secondary No current grade 1.7 mi away no figure 41.8 A8
Academy converter Secondary Good 1.7 mi away 0.66 mi est. 56.8 A8
Academy sponsor led Primary Requires improvement 1.8 mi away 0.32 mi est. no figure
Community school Primary Good 1.8 mi away 0.33 mi est. 61.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 1.8 mi away 0.28 mi est. no figure
Academy converter Primary No current grade 1.8 mi away 0.39 mi est. 71.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 1.9 mi away 0.32 mi est. 58.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Primary No current grade 1.9 mi away 0.66 mi varies no figure
Special post 16 institution Special No current grade 2.0 mi away no figure no figure
Academy sponsor led Primary No current grade 2.0 mi away 0.53 mi est. 51.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 2.0 mi away 0.43 mi varies 71.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Outstanding 2.0 mi away 0.8 mi 2025 73.0% KS2
Foundation special school Special Good 2.1 mi away no figure no figure
Community school Primary Good 2.1 mi away 0.15 mi est. 32.0% KS2
Free schools Secondary Good 2.1 mi away no figure 45.3 A8
Academy converter Primary Good 2.1 mi away 0.24 mi est. 50.0% KS2
Voluntary controlled school Primary Good 2.3 mi away 0.49 mi varies 64.0% KS2
Community school Primary Ungraded inspection, March 2025: standards maintained 2.3 mi away 0.47 mi est. 63.0% KS2
Community school Primary Ungraded inspection, December 2024: standards maintained 2.4 mi away 0.53 mi varies 80.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Report card 2.4 mi away 0.37 mi est. 52.0% KS2
Academy converter Secondary Good 2.4 mi away 0.52 mi est. 52.1 A8
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 2.5 mi away 0.57 mi est. 72.0% KS2
Other independent school Secondary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 2.5 mi away no figure 0.4 A8
Academy sponsor led Secondary Good 2.5 mi away 0.59 mi est. 49.1 A8
Community special school Special Report card 2.6 mi away no figure no figure
Community school Primary Ungraded inspection, May 2025: standards maintained 2.7 mi away 0.43 mi varies 61.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Secondary Good 2.7 mi away 0.93 mi est. 42.3 A8
Academy converter Primary Good 2.7 mi away 1.54 mi 2025 87.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 2.7 mi away 0.87 mi varies 50.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 2.8 mi away 0.28 mi est. 56.0% KS2
Other independent school Secondary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 2.8 mi away no figure no figure
Academy converter Secondary Good 2.9 mi away no figure 39.9 A8
Community school Primary Ungraded inspection, December 2024: some aspects not as strong 2.9 mi away 0.51 mi varies 70.0% KS2
Community school Primary No current grade 2.9 mi away 0.27 mi est. 37.0% KS2
Other independent school Secondary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 2.9 mi away no figure 41.8 A8
University technical college Secondary Requires improvement 2.9 mi away 0.37 mi est. no figure
Academy converter Primary Report card 2.9 mi away 0.29 mi est. 80.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 3.0 mi away 1.01 mi 2023/24 83.0% KS2

The table includes 4 fee-paying schools. State schools only

"Admitted from" is how far the last child offered a place lived, in the year shown, from the council's own published figure. Where a council publishes none, "est." is a modelled estimate and meaningfully less reliable. "No limit" means the council's own figure puts the furthest offer beyond any commute, so distance did not decide who got in. Results are the share meeting the expected standard for primaries, and Attainment 8 (A8) for secondaries: the Department for Education published no Progress 8 for 2024/25, because those pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020. A school whose newest year still has a Progress 8 shows it as P8. Nothing here is a catchment boundary: most English schools have none, and the distance moves every year.

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