Brownmead Primary Academy

Brownmead Primary Academy has shown overall good performance in its latest Ofsted inspection, marking a positive shift from its previous 'Requires Improvement' grade. The school fosters a nurturing environment where pupils feel safe, respected, and enjoy their learning experiences. The leadership has played a pivotal role in ensuring that the curriculum is both ambitious and well-planned, with most pupils achieving well in core subjects like reading, writing, and mathematics. Notably, the school emphasizes personal development, encouraging pupils to engage in various activities that promote confidence and teamwork.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy learning and feel safe at school.
• Teachers have high expectations and make learning fun.
• The curriculum is ambitious and supports character development.
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities do well.
• High priority is given to reading, with effective phonics teaching.

Areas for Improvement

• The teaching of phonics needs further strengthening.
• Attendance and persistent absence remain high for some pupils.
• Planning in some foundation subjects requires improvement.

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 Brownmead Primary Academy attended 92.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 25.5% 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, 1.3% of pupils at Brownmead Primary Academy 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 Brownmead Primary Academy had 16.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 24.1% 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, 19.8% of pupils at Brownmead Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.7% 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 2024–25 Brownmead Primary Academy received £8,117 and spent £7,816 for each of its 316 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £335,000 (£1,060 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust, income was £9,233 and spending £8,951 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Brownmead Primary Academy is part of Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• Timberley Academy Birmingham
• Firs Primary School Birmingham
• Tile Cross Academy Birmingham
• Gossey Lane Academy Birmingham
• Topcliffe Primary School Birmingham
• Washwood Heath Academy Birmingham
• Saltley Academy Birmingham

What is Brownmead Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Brownmead Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Brownmead Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Brownmead Primary Academy was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Brownmead Primary Academy have?

Brownmead Primary Academy has 268 pupils on roll.

What age range does Brownmead Primary Academy cover?

Brownmead Primary Academy for pupils aged 5 to 11.

What are Brownmead Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 74% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Brownmead Primary Academy?

Brownmead Primary Academy is at Pencroft Road, Shard End, Birmingham, West Midlands, B34 6SS.