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(Image: BPM)<\/p>\nAll 506 schools in Birmingham are in areas which failed the World Health Organisation’s air quality guidelines<\/p>\n
05:00, 25 Jul 2025Updated 10:45, 25 Jul 2025<\/p>\n
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Birmingham’s worst areas for air pollution can now be revealed – including a constituency where 16,000 kids are breathing in highly toxic air.<\/p>\n
New stats by Health Equals, a campaigning coalition of organisations, show a breakdown of the areas, schools and children suffering across Birmingham<\/a>.<\/p>\n Categorised by constituencies, the data shows Ladywood as the area with the largest number of schoolchildren in toxic environments.<\/p>\n Read more: <\/strong>‘The air was so dangerous in my Birmingham postcode I ended up on life support’<\/a><\/p>\n It comes as it emerged ALL 506 schools in Birmingham are in areas which failed the World Health Organisation’s air quality guidelines – meaning 293,561 city children in those schools are at risk of serious, long-term health problems, including heart disease and stroke.<\/p>\n A total of 22,571 children are attending 58 schools in very high pollution areas with double the WHO standards.<\/p>\n Alarmingly, 15,783 of those kids – 70 per cent – are at schools in the Ladywood constituency, which covers Alum Rock, Nechells, Newtown and more.<\/p>\n More than half of the schools in Ladywood qualify as being in ‘very high pollution’ environments, with double the WHO guidelines of toxins in the air.<\/p>\n Thousands more children in Perry Barr<\/a> and Erdington<\/a>, also hotspots for pollution, are breathing the worst quality air, according to the new data. Hodge Hill and Solihull<\/a> North also had a school within a very high pollution area, with hundreds of children affected.<\/p>\n The remaining constituencies had no schools in the ‘very high’ category.<\/p>\n A breakdown of the wider constituencies in Birmingham – in which all schools failed WHO guidelines – can be seen below:<\/strong><\/p>\n Birmingham as a city<\/strong><\/p>\n Number of schools with air pollution breaching WHO standard: 506<\/p>\n Number of children in schools breaching guidelines: 293,561<\/p>\n Number of schools with very high pollution – double the guidelines: 58<\/p>\n Number of children in very high pollution schools: 22,571<\/p>\n Ladywood<\/strong><\/p>\n Alum Rock, Balsall Heath West, Bordesley and Highgate, Bordesley Green, Ladywood, Nechells, Newtown, Soho and Jewellery Quarter<\/strong><\/p>\n Number of schools with air pollution breaching WHO standard: 84<\/p>\n Number of children in schools breaching guidelines: 40,983<\/p>\n Number of schools with very high pollution – double the guidelines: 44<\/p>\n Number of children in very high pollution schools: 15,783<\/p>\n Erdington<\/strong><\/p>\n Castle Vale, Erdington, Gravelly Hill, Kingstanding, Oscott, Perry Common, Pype Hayes, Stockland Green<\/strong><\/p>\n Number of schools with air pollution breaching WHO standard: 55<\/p>\n Number of children in schools breaching guidelines: 30,192<\/p>\n Number of schools with very high pollution – double the guidelines: 7<\/p>\n Number of children in very high pollution schools: 3,971<\/p>\n Hodge Hill and Solihull North<\/strong><\/p>\n Bromford and Hodge Hill, Garretts Green, Glebe Farm and Tile Cross, Heartlands, Shard End, Ward End, Castle Bromwich (Solihull), Smith\u2019s Wood (Solihull)<\/strong><\/p>\n Number of schools with air pollution breaching WHO standard: 56<\/p>\n Number of children in schools breaching guidelines: 35,449<\/p>\n Number of schools with very high pollution – double the guidelines: 1<\/p>\n Number of children in very high pollution schools: 643<\/p>\n Perry Barr<\/strong><\/p>\n Aston, Birchfield, Handsworth, Handsworth Wood, Holyhead, Lozells, Oscott<\/strong><\/p>\n Number of schools with air pollution breaching WHO standard: 43<\/p>\n Number of children in schools breaching guidelines: 32,034<\/p>\n Number of schools with very high pollution – double the guidelines: 6<\/p>\n Number of children in very high pollution schools: 2,174<\/p>\n Yardley<\/strong><\/p>\n Acocks Green, Sheldon, Small Heath, South Yardley, Tysley and Hay Mills, Yardley East, Yardley West and Stechford<\/strong><\/p>\n Number of schools with air pollution breaching WHO standard: 42<\/p>\n Number of children in schools breaching guidelines: 31,871<\/p>\n Number of schools with very high pollution – double the guidelines: 0<\/p>\n Number of children in very high pollution schools: 0<\/p>\n Hall Green & Moseley<\/strong><\/p>\n Brandwood and King\u2019s Heath, Hall Green North, Hall Green South, Moseley, Sparkbrook and Balsall Heath East, Sparkhill<\/strong><\/p>\n Number of schools with air pollution breaching WHO standard: 52<\/p>\n Number of children in schools breaching guidelines: 30,883<\/p>\n Number of schools with very high pollution – double the guidelines: 0<\/p>\n Number of children in very high pollution schools: 0<\/p>\n Northfield<\/strong><\/p>\n Allens Cross, Frankley Great Park, Kings Norton North, Kings Norton South, Longbridge and West Heath, Northfield, Rubery and Rednal, Weoley and Selly Oak<\/strong><\/p>\n Number of schools with air pollution breaching WHO standard: 47<\/p>\n Number of children in schools breaching guidelines: 26,602<\/p>\n Number of schools with very high pollution – double the guidelines: 0<\/p>\n Number of children in very high pollution schools: 0<\/p>\n Edgbaston<\/strong><\/p>\n Bartley Green, Edgbaston, Harborne, North Edgbaston, Quinton<\/strong><\/p>\n Number of schools with air pollution breaching WHO standard: 49<\/p>\n Number of children in schools breaching guidelines:23,858<\/p>\n Number of schools with very high pollution – double the guidelines: 0<\/p>\n Number of children in very high pollution schools: 0<\/p>\n Selly Oak<\/strong><\/p>\n Billesley, Bournbrook and Selly Park, Bournville and Cotteridge, Brandwood and King\u2019s Heath, Druids Heath and Monyhull, Highter\u2019s Heath, Stirchley, Weoley and Selly Oak<\/strong><\/p>\n Number of schools with air pollution breaching WHO standard: 41<\/p>\n Number of children in schools breaching guidelines: 21,663<\/p>\n Number of schools with very high pollution – double the guidelines: 0<\/p>\n Number of children in very high pollution schools: 0<\/p>\n Sutton Coldfield<\/strong><\/p>\n Sutton Four Oaks, Sutton Mere Green, Sutton Reddicap, Sutton Roughley, Sutton Trinity, Sutton Vesey, Sutton Walmley and Minworth, Sutton Wylde Green<\/strong><\/p>\n Number of schools with air pollution breaching WHO standard: 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A shocking 22,571 children in Birmingham are exposed to air pollution that is more than double the WHO guidelines<\/p>\n