Harborne Primary School
Primary · Birmingham · B17 9LU
Data updated
Ofsted category of concern
A formal designation, not a grade. It stands until a later inspection lifts it.
Inspected 20 May 2025
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- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Website
- www.harborneprimary.co.uk
- URN
- 152606
In figures
Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 2789 m (≈1.73 mi); distance decided places in 5 of the 6 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. At its inspection on 20 May 2025 Ofsted placed it in a category of concern (Special measures).
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 2789 m (≈1.73 mi)
measured in a straight line.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
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The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 8/10less deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 8/10less deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 66% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 8.2% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 57.4% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 10.6% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 60.2% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 51.5% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 8.8% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 39.7% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 4.8% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 41.4% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 23.2% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 32.7% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01009068 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £362,000419 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £242,000–£567,500the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Inside the Reception cutoff distance (2.79 km, 2025 entry): 2,141 sales, median £258,000. 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
- 3an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 6an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 54an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 9an 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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