St Francis Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery

Academy converter·Primary school Birmingham·B30 1LZ
Composite score
53.2
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#6,134
National rank
#601
In West Midlands
#106
In Birmingham
Top 42%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
71%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
25 first choices, 26 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
77
any preference, for 26 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9620220.9320231.0020241.0020250.962026

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

Every child who put St Francis Church of England Aided 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
217
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,028
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

St Francis Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery is a primary school serving Birmingham, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 217 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 18.0 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 top 42% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Francis Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 25 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.6%. There are about 19.6 pupils per teacher. St Francis Church of England Aided 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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