Allens Croft Nursery School
Nursery · Birmingham · B14 6RP
Data updated
SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection
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Inspected 28 January 2025
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125 pupils (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Local authority nursery school
- Age range
- 2–5
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 13.5% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 10.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 15.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 0.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.allenscn.bham.sch.uk
- URN
- 103130
In figures
At its inspection on 28 January 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Outstanding. It had 125 pupils at the 15 January 2026 census.
Special educational needs
Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.
- Moderate Learning Difficulty
Provision type: Resourced provision.
- Resourced provision
- 1 of 6 places taken places may be available
Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 36% (Birmingham 24%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 14% (Birmingham 4%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 10% (Birmingham 23%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 7% (Birmingham 7%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 7% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 6% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 6% (Birmingham 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 4% (Birmingham 4%, England 7%) · Black African 2% (Birmingham 10%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Birmingham 6%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (Birmingham 5%, England 4%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Birmingham 3%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Birmingham 2%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Birmingham 1%, England 0%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £55,164; 33.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2025-26)
Where the money went (2025-26)
Share of spending, with the median for nursery schools in brackets: Staff 68% (79%) · premises 8% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (5%) · supplies and services 26% (8%) · educational supplies 3% (2%) · bought-in professional services 15% (3%) · catering 1% (0%)
Reserves (2025-26)
Revenue reserve -£37,815; in-year balance -£71,581
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared
Inspection history since 2015
- 28 January 2025: Outstanding
- 24 January 2017: Yes - improving (outstanding)
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 24% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 27.4% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 22.9% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 30.6% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 44.4% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 52.5% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 36.4% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 10.7% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 2.4% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 27.9% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 9.4% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 34.6% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01008972 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £250,500458 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £210,000–£294,500the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 1an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 4an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 12an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 4an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted