Christ Church CofE Controlled Primary School and Nursery

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Birmingham·B11 1LF
Composite score
41.0
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#10,574
National rank
#1141
In West Midlands
#212
In Birmingham
Top 72%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
63%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
19 first choices, 22 places
First choices per place
0.86
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
52
any preference, for 22 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.09
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9020220.7720230.9620240.9520250.862026

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

Every child who put Christ Church CofE Controlled Primary School and Nursery 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
210
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
56.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
50.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
21.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
44.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,334
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Christ Church CofE Controlled Primary School and Nursery

Christ Church CofE Controlled Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Birmingham, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. Around 210 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 63% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 6.0 percentage points year on 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 105 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Christ Church CofE Controlled Primary School and Nursery their first choice was offered one of its 22 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 7.6%. There are about 44.2 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 57% 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. Christ Church CofE Controlled Primary School and Nursery 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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