Heathlands Primary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Birmingham·B34 6NB
Composite score
48.5
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#7,834
National rank
#801
In West Midlands
#149
In Birmingham
Top 53%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
62%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
46 first choices, 58 places
First choices per place
0.79
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
124
any preference, for 58 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8720220.8520230.8220240.9020250.792026

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

Every child who put Heathlands Primary Academy 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
447
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
52.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
23.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
29.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
25.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,911
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Heathlands Primary Academy is a primary school serving Birmingham, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 447 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Heathlands Primary Academy 'Good'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 62% 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 1.0 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 around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Heathlands Primary Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 46 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 8.1%. There are about 25.7 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 53% 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. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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