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Schools near BL9

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.

BL9

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74% Outstanding or Good · below the 80% national figure

Within 3 miles: 50 schools, 2 sixth form or FE colleges (16 plus).

1 Outstanding 27 Good 3 Requires improvement 1 Inadequate 6 Report card 12 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: BL9 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 BL9 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
Academy converter Primary Good 0.2 mi away 0.34 mi est. 66.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary No current grade 0.3 mi away 0.26 mi est. no figure
Academy sponsor led Primary Good 0.3 mi away 0.26 mi est. 37.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Report card 0.5 mi away 0.22 mi est. 62.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Secondary Good 0.5 mi away 1.43 mi varies 35.7 A8
Voluntary controlled school Primary Good 0.6 mi away 0.59 mi varies 56.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Primary Requires improvement 0.7 mi away 0.19 mi est. 43.0% KS2
Local authority nursery school Nursery Ungraded inspection, April 2025: standards maintained 0.7 mi away no figure no figure
Other independent special school Special No current grade 0.8 mi away no figure no figure
Voluntary controlled school Primary Good 0.8 mi away 0.91 mi varies 43.0% KS2
Academy converter Secondary Report card 0.8 mi away 0.86 mi est. 49.1 A8
Academy sponsor led Secondary Good 0.8 mi away 0.98 mi est. 46.0 A8
Academy converter Primary Good 0.8 mi away 0.53 mi est. 64.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 1.0 mi away 0.56 mi est. no figure
Academy converter Secondary Good 1.1 mi away 1.8 mi varies no figure
Other independent special school Special No current grade 1.1 mi away no figure no figure
Academy sponsor led Primary Inadequate 1.1 mi away 0.49 mi varies 70.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 1.1 mi away 0.48 mi est. no figure
Other independent special school Special No current grade 1.2 mi away no figure no figure
Academy converter Primary Good 1.2 mi away 0.29 mi est. 63.0% KS2
Voluntary controlled school Primary Report card 1.2 mi away 0.22 mi est. 64.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Primary Good 1.3 mi away 0.23 mi est. 62.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary No current grade 1.4 mi away 0.29 mi est. no figure
Academy sponsor led Primary Good 1.5 mi away 0.55 mi est. 48.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 1.6 mi away 0.79 mi varies 70.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Primary Requires improvement 1.6 mi away 0.27 mi est. 67.0% KS2
Community school Primary No current grade 1.6 mi away 0.36 mi varies 97.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 1.8 mi away 0.41 mi est. no figure
Academy converter Primary No current grade 1.8 mi away 0.73 mi est. 66.0% KS2
Community special school Special Requires improvement 1.8 mi away no figure no figure
Community school Secondary Report card 1.8 mi away 0.87 mi varies 44.3 A8
Academy converter Primary Good 2.1 mi away 1.0 mi varies 75.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Primary Good 2.1 mi away 0.44 mi est. 50.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 2.1 mi away 0.49 mi est. no figure
Academy sponsor led Secondary Good 2.2 mi away 0.71 mi est. 45.4 A8
Free schools special Special No current grade 2.2 mi away no figure no figure
Voluntary aided school Primary Report card 2.3 mi away 0.33 mi est. 56.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 2.3 mi away 0.31 mi est. 74.0% KS2
Academy special converter Special Outstanding 2.4 mi away no figure no figure
Free schools Secondary No current grade 2.4 mi away no figure no figure
Academy converter Primary Good 2.4 mi away 0.64 mi varies 82.0% KS2
Voluntary controlled school Primary Good 2.5 mi away 0.99 mi varies 59.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Primary Good 2.5 mi away 0.68 mi varies 88.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 2.5 mi away 0.22 mi est. 50.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Primary Good 2.7 mi away 0.53 mi est. 31.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 2.8 mi away 0.15 mi est. 56.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Primary Report card 2.9 mi away 0.24 mi est. 58.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 3.0 mi away 0.83 mi varies 64.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Ungraded inspection, January 2025: standards maintained 3.0 mi away 1.96 mi varies no figure

1 fee-paying school is left out of this table: Ofsted grades few of them and none publishes an admission distance. Show them as well · Fee-paying 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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