When National Challenge was announced in 2007, 40% of secondary schools in Birmingham were classed as National Challenge. This is underachievement on an industrial scale and one of the worst for the size of Local Authority. Cllr. Les Lawrence and Tony Howell will bleat that Birmingham is better than the core cities but the core cities are down at the bottom of the national league tables! Why not compare Birmingham with neighbouring authorities like Solihull for instance - which is near the top? The list is courtesy of the DCSF.
Aston Manor School
Baverstock Foundation School and Specialist Sports College
Broadway School
Castle Vale School and Specialist Performing Arts College
Cockshut Hill
Dame Elizabeth Cadbury Technology College
Four Dwellings High School
Frankley Community High School
George Dixon
Golden Hillock
Harborne Hill School
Hillcrest School and Sixth Form Centre
Hodge Hill School
Kings Heath Boys Mathematics and Computing College
Kings Norton High School
Kingsbury School and Sports College
Lordswood Boys' School
Moseley School A Language College
Perry Beeches School
Saltley School and Specialist Science College
Sheldon Heath Community Arts College
Shenley Court Specialist Arts College and Sixth Form Centre
St Alban's CofE School
Stockland Green School
The College High School
The Heartlands High School
The International School and Community College, East Birmingham
Turves Green Boys` Technology College
Waverley School
Yardleys School
