Aston Tower Community Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Birmingham·B6 5BE
Composite score
70.8
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#1,656
National rank
#134
In West Midlands
#29
In Birmingham
Top 11%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
73%
% achieving higher RWM
20%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
27 first choices, 27 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
89
any preference, for 27 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9420220.9820230.9720241.0020251.002026

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

Every child who put Aston Tower Community 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
344
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
64.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
67.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
27.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
25.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,723
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Aston Tower Community Primary School at a glance

Located in Birmingham, Aston Tower Community Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 344 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 12.0 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 among the top 11% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 20% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Aston Tower Community Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 27 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 7.7%. There are about 19.4 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. Aston Tower Community 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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