Colmore Infant and Nursery School

Colmore Infant and Nursery School is performing exceptionally well, achieving an 'Outstanding' rating across all inspection areas. The school provides a nurturing environment where children's interests and identities are central to their learning experience. Staff engage children effectively, ensuring a high-quality education that supports continuous development from early years through key stage 1. Notably, the strong emphasis on emotional regulation and understanding among pupils contributes to a positive school atmosphere, where high expectations for learning and behavior are consistently met.

Strengths

• Exceptional start to education for early years children
• High expectations for learning and behavior
• Strong focus on emotional well-being and character development
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
• Rigorous and consistent approach to teaching reading and mathematics
• High-quality extracurricular activities fostering engagement

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Colmore Infant and Nursery School attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.3% of pupils at Colmore Infant and Nursery School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Colmore Infant and Nursery School had 20.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 17.3% of pupils at Colmore Infant and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Colmore Infant and Nursery School received £7,427 and spent £7,610 for each of its 383 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £66,000 (£172 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Colmore Infant and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Colmore Infant and Nursery School is Outstanding, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Colmore Infant and Nursery School last inspected by Ofsted?

Colmore Infant and Nursery School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Colmore Infant and Nursery School have?

Colmore Infant and Nursery School has 394 pupils on roll.

What age range does Colmore Infant and Nursery School cover?

Colmore Infant and Nursery School for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is Colmore Infant and Nursery School?

Colmore Infant and Nursery School is at Colmore Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, B14 6AJ.