Northfield Manor Primary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Birmingham·B29 4JT
Composite score
68.6
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#1,957
National rank
#163
In West Midlands
#35
In Birmingham
Top 13%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
75%
% achieving higher RWM
17%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
109.0
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
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
57 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
144
any preference, for 60 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0320220.9120230.9320241.0020250.952026

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

Every child who put Northfield Manor 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
391
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
47.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
34.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,696
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Northfield Manor Primary Academy at a glance

Located in Birmingham, Northfield Manor Primary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 391 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 75% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 13% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 109 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 17% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Northfield Manor Primary Academy their first choice was offered one of its 60 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.5%. There are about 21.7 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 47% 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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