Nelson Mandela School

Nelson Mandela School has been rated as 'Good' overall, achieving this grade consistently across various domains, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. The school is noted for its collaborative community approach, placing emphasis on pupils' rights and active participation in community engagement. However, early years provision is an area that requires improvement, particularly in the coherence and sequencing of the curriculum, leading to some inconsistencies in learning outcomes for children.

Strengths

• Strong commitment to a Rights Respecting ethos.
• High expectations of pupil behaviour and work.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Well-trained staff delivering a robust phonics teaching programme.
• Pupils enjoy a wide range of extracurricular activities and community events.

Areas for Improvement

• Early years curriculum lacks coherence across all areas of learning.
• Inconsistent assessment systems in foundation subjects.
• High rates of persistent absenteeism, particularly in early years and Year 1.

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 Nelson Mandela School attended 93.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.2% 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, 1.4% of pupils at Nelson Mandela 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 Nelson Mandela School had 18.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.7% 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, 19.3% of pupils at Nelson Mandela School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.2% 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 Nelson Mandela School received £8,316 and spent £8,459 for each of its 420 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £727,000 (£1,733 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 Nelson Mandela School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Nelson Mandela School is Good, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was Nelson Mandela School last inspected by Ofsted?

Nelson Mandela School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Nelson Mandela School have?

Nelson Mandela School has 435 pupils on roll.

What age range does Nelson Mandela School cover?

Nelson Mandela School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Nelson Mandela School's SATs (KS2) results?

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

Where is Nelson Mandela School?

Nelson Mandela School is at Colville Road, Sparkbrook, Nelson Mandela Community School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B12 8EH.