The Blue Coat School Birmingham
The Blue Coat School Birmingham is an independent school in Birmingham for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 709 pupils and room for 720.
Somerset Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B17 0HR0121 410 6800thebluecoatschool.comMr Noel Neeson headteacherAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published. As a Church of England school it may put families of that faith first. Check the school's own admissions rules.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Birmingham council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 709 | 667 | 638 | 623 | 626 | 622 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 5% | 5% | 8% | 3% | 3% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harborne Academy | Academy | 210 m | 627 | Good 2022 | 71 | Compare |
| Chad Vale Primary School | Council | 550 m | 415 | Good 2023 | 83 | Compare |
| Harborne Primary School | Academy | 880 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 960 m | 418 | Good 2023 | 88 | Compare |
| Edgbaston High School for Girls | Independent (grammar) | 0.7 miles | 797 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Norfolk House School | Independent (grammar) | 0.7 miles | 118 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Hallfield School | Independent (grammar) | 0.8 miles | 452 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| University of Birmingham | Higher education institutions | 0.9 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is The Blue Coat School Birmingham a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score The Blue Coat School Birmingham yet.
How many pupils does The Blue Coat School Birmingham have?
709 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 720 places, so it is 98% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Somerset Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B17 0HR
- Telephone
- 0121 410 6800
- Website
- www.thebluecoatschool.com
- Headteacher
- Mr Noel Neeson
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 3-11, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Ward
- Edgbaston
- Constituency
- Birmingham Edgbaston
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 January 1957
- URN
- 103580 · LAESTAB 3306070 · UKPRN 10017632
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.