Leigh Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Birmingham·B8 2YH
Composite score
46.8
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#8,492
National rank
#898
In West Midlands
#169
In Birmingham
Top 58%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
63%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 03/02/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Inclusion
Strong standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Expected standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
29 first choices, 29 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
86
any preference, for 29 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.08
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9520221.0020231.0020240.9220251.002026

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

Every child who put Leigh 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
425
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
45.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
97.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
26.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,084
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Leigh Primary School at a glance

Located in Birmingham, Leigh Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 425 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 63% 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 4.0 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 104 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Leigh Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 29 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 8.3%. There are about 20.9 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 45% 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. Leigh 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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