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Thinking of living at B9 4JG? Who your neighbours would be, how far the schools, station, shops, GP and parks are from the postcode itself, which schools are near and how they do, what there is to do at the weekend, and a day in the life here.
The school, station, shops and GP are all within about a 15-minute walk.
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bordesley Village Primary School | Primary | 150 m | 91% met the expected standard |
| Regents Park Community Primary School | Primary | 350 m | 69% met the expected standard |
| Wyndcliffe Primary School | Primary | 750 m | 44% met the expected standard |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School | Primary | 800 m | 76% met the expected standard |
| Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School | Primary | 900 m | 50% met the expected standard |
| Holy Trinity Catholic School | Secondary | 950 m | Attainment 8: 44 · 11.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form | Secondary | 1000 m | Attainment 8: 49.8 · 14% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Small Heath Leadership Academy | Secondary | 1.1 km | Attainment 8: 45.7 · 8.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| BOA Digital Technologies Academy | Secondary | 1.2 km | – |
| Birmingham Ormiston Academy | Secondary | 1.4 km | Attainment 8: 54.1 · 9.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Hazrat Khadijatul Kubra Girls School | Independent | 550 m | 8.3% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Green Heath School | Independent | 750 m | – |
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Dynamic Padel | 660 m | 26 |
| Swimming | Aston University (The Sir Doug Ellis Woodcock Sports Centre) | 1.6 km | 17 |
| Bowls | Tyseley Working Mens Crown Green Bowling Club | 3.1 km | 12 |
| Cricket | Edgbaston Cricket Ground | 3.0 km | 11 |
| Football | Birmingham City Football Club | 200 m | 8 |
| Snooker | 3 Cues | 550 m | 7 |
| Squash | Small Heath Wellbeing Centre | 1.0 km | 6 |
| Climbing | Depot Climbing | 1.5 km | 6 |
| Multi-sport | Sparkhill Pool and Fitness Centre | 2.8 km | 4 |
| Badminton | The Sir Doug Ellis Woodcock Sports Centre | 1.6 km | 3 |
| Skateboard | Fastlands Skatepark | 1.9 km | 3 |
| Darts | Flight Club | 2.0 km | 3 |
| Yoga | Hotpod Yoga | 2.1 km | 3 |
| Pilates | MK Reformed | 2.2 km | 3 |
| Ten-pin bowling | Hollywood Bowl | 3.5 km | 3 |
| Boxing | Pat Benson Boxing | 430 m | 2 |
The 16 sports with most places shown, of 53. Named clubs, pitches and centres mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and facilities registered with Sport England Active Places (Contains Data © Sport England, CC BY 4.0). Neither list is complete, so a club not shown may still exist.
The nearest station is Bordesley, about a 5-minute walk (600 m), with 29k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Solihull.
The nearest bus stop is Arthur Street, 150 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (routes 60, 17, 17A); 134 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 15 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is Bordesley Village Primary School, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 91% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Wyndcliffe Primary School (0.2 km), with 5 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Holy Trinity Catholic School, 950 m away; Attainment 8: 44 · 11.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East (2 km) and Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham (2.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Aston School (3.7 km) and King Edward VI Handsworth School (5.2 km).
It's a family area: 27% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Masala Bazaar Small Heath, 300 m away; Stars (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Small Heath Health Centre (600 m), with Amal Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Madina is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is City Health Campus, 5.1 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 57% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 60% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 15 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 65 restaurants and cafés and 15 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Levy UK & Ireland is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Cricketers Arms the nearest pub (500 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (25 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 137 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 16 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 17% flats and 8% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 72% were built before 1919.
47 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
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| Camp Hill Education | Independent | 950 m | 3.6% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
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Every primary near B9 4JG, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
The nearest park is Kingston Hill Park, 150 m away; for exercise, Pat Benson Boxing (450 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 17.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 8.0 km away.
Most households own their home, 28% rent privately.
It's young: 26% of residents are aged 15–29.
There's a sizeable student population: 17% of adults were full-time students in 2021.
The nearest university is Birmingham City University, 1.3 km away (TEF Silver).
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.