Colmers Farm Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Birmingham·B45 9PB
Composite score
45.5
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#8,952
National rank
#943
In West Midlands
#179
In Birmingham
Top 61%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
70%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
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
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
50 first choices, 59 places
First choices per place
0.85
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
145
any preference, for 59 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
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1 per place
0.9320220.9820230.9620240.8520250.852026

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

Every child who put Colmers Farm 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
402
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
60.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
11.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
24.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
25.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,418
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Colmers Farm Primary School

Colmers Farm Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 402 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 27.0 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 106 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Colmers Farm Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 50 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 7.7%. There are about 25.4 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 61% 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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