Elms Farm Community Primary School

Elms Farm Community Primary School is performing well, demonstrating a strong standard of education. The school fosters an inclusive environment where pupils feel valued and supported, and leaders are dedicated to ensuring that all children, including those with special educational needs and disabilities, achieve well. Staff are well-equipped to meet pupils' needs, and there is a strong emphasis on professional development, which contributes to rapid improvements across various domains. However, despite overall good achievement levels, there remain gaps in knowledge for some pupils, particularly in terms of consistently reaching high standards in core subjects compared to national averages.

Strengths

• Strong culture of safeguarding with a focus on pupil safety and well-being.
• Inclusive environment that helps all pupils feel they belong.
• Ambitious leadership with clear goals for pupil achievement.
• Effective tracking and support for disadvantaged pupils.
• Personalised curriculum for pupils with special educational needs.
• Professional development is deeply embedded and valued by staff.

Areas for Improvement

• Not enough pupils achieving consistently high standards compared to national outcomes.
• Some gaps in pupils' knowledge are not consistently addressed.
• Inconsistent engagement and interactions in early years.

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 Elms Farm Community Primary School attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.2% 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, 1.9% of pupils at Elms Farm Community Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Elms Farm Community Primary School had 18.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 15.7% of pupils at Elms Farm Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.4% 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 Elms Farm Community Primary School received £8,027 and spent £8,016 for each of its 403 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £488,000 (£1,213 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 Elms Farm Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Elms Farm Community Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was Elms Farm Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Elms Farm Community Primary School was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does Elms Farm Community Primary School have?

Elms Farm Community Primary School has 414 pupils on roll.

What age range does Elms Farm Community Primary School cover?

Elms Farm Community Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Elms Farm Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Elms Farm Community Primary School?

Elms Farm Community Primary School is at Dorncliffe Avenue, Sheldon, Birmingham, West Midlands, B33 0PJ.