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Court Farm Primary School

Primary · Birmingham · B23 5NS

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 26 November 2019

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At a glance

236 pupils · 98% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
62.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
26.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
30.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.courtfrm.bham.sch.uk/
URN
151017

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 30 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1203 m (≈0.75 mi); distance decided places in 3 of the 6 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 26 November 2019, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 30 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 1203 m (≈0.75 mi) for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1203 m (≈0.75 mi)

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

30 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
40%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school40%
Median of its 12 closest peers49%
Birmingham average64.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary SchoolSelect · 80 miles awayGood44%
Water Hall Primary SchoolMilton Keynes · 61 miles awayRequires improvement27%
St Aidan's Primary School - A Church of England AcademyBlackburn · 87 miles awayGood23%
Mountfield Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 171 miles awayGood44%
Falla Park Community Primary SchoolGateshead · 167 miles awayGood (2019)67%
Moorpark Junior SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 38 miles awayGood42%
Rock Ferry Primary SchoolBirkenhead · 75 miles awayGood28%
Carr Hill Community Primary SchoolGateshead · 167 miles awayGood69%
St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolBirkenhead · 75 miles awayGood (2016)61%
St Cleopas' Church of England Primary AcademyLiverpool · 75 miles awayNot yet graded63%
Bridge Hall Primary SchoolStockport · 61 miles awayRequires improvement54%
Brook Acre Community Primary SchoolWarrington · 67 miles awayGood54%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 45% (Birmingham 24%, England 60%) · Asian Pakistani 14% (Birmingham 23%, England 5%) · Black African 8% (Birmingham 10%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 5% (Birmingham 7%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5% (Birmingham 3%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 4% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 4% (Birmingham 4%, England 7%) · Asian Bangladeshi 3% (Birmingham 6%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Birmingham 4%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (Birmingham 5%, England 4%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Birmingham 3%, England 1%) · Not recorded 2% (Birmingham 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
8.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
27.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.14 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Birmingham: 2.51 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
19.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% moved to another state school · 5% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

61.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 15.1 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £54,657; 30.8% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£8,487
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (77%) · premises 2% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£237,000

Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher23.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications29.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work17.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways30.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health45%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier51.4%62.3%
Social housing30.8%17.1%
Privately rented17.1%20.5%
Detached houses3.4%22.9%
Flats11.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms8.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van31.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01009404 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£210,000443 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£180,000–£241,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (20)£332,000
Semi-detached (183)£225,000
Terraced (195)£207,000
Flat (45)£103,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.20 km, 2026 entry): 630 sales, median £210,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
21an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an 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

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