Education in Birmingham

As in the rest of England and Wales, education is compulsory in Birmingham between the ages of 5 and 16.

Source:[3] Forty-eight secondary schools in the Birmingham Local Authority are open academies as of August 2017.

Several of these also offer courses in higher education in conjunction with external colleges and universities.

In addition to the numerous institutions which offer education primarily to full-time students and to those pursuing vocational development, there are a wide number of courses aimed primarily at part-time and recreational learners.

The city council's Birmingham Adult Educational Service (BAES) offers around 4000 different courses each year at around 70 different centres in diverse subjects such as foreign languages, information technology, mathematics, literacy and various types of creative arts.

Experienced musicians from ground roots enterprises such as Punch Records in The Custard Factory host many 'Urban Workshops' for modern music including street-level DJ mixing tuition and dance.

The conservatoire moved from their location in Adrian Boult Hall to their new state-of-the-art building on the city centre campus of the university.

The Birmingham Institute of Art and Design (BIAD), another faculty of BCU, is one of the largest faculties of art, design and media education in the United Kingdom.