Welford Primary School

Community school·Primary school Birmingham·B20 2BL
Composite score
40.0
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#10,892
National rank
#1181
In West Midlands
#218
In Birmingham
Top 74%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
58%
% achieving higher RWM
2%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
28 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
75
any preference, for 30 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9320220.9220230.9620241.0020250.932026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Welford Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
422
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
65.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
78.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
24.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,278
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Welford Primary School

Welford Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 422 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 58% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 3.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Welford Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 28 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 7.4%. There are about 21.6 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 65% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Welford Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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