Nonsuch Primary School

Nonsuch Primary School has made notable strides in improving attendance and creating a safe environment where pupils thrive. The leadership team is passionate and dedicated, establishing strong relationships with families that foster trust within the community. The curriculum is broad and structured, enabling most pupils to make good progress from their starting points, especially in early reading and phonics. Despite these strengths, some pupils struggle to retain information and achieve as well as they could, indicating a need for more consistency in teaching approaches.

Strengths

• Effective safeguarding standards are met.
• High attendance rates supported by strong family relationships.
• Ambitious and well-structured curriculum planning.
• Effective phonics teaching in early years.
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils do not remember what they have been taught.
• Inconsistency in the implementation of effective teaching approaches.

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 Nonsuch Primary School attended 93.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.9% 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, 4.3% of pupils at Nonsuch Primary 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 Nonsuch Primary School had 15.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.2% 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, 31.1% of pupils at Nonsuch Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.2% 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 2024–25 Nonsuch Primary School received £8,882 and spent £7,699 for each of its 188 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £177,000 (£941 per pupil).

Across all 19 schools of Birmingham Diocesan Multi-Academy Trust, income was £7,859 and spending £7,689 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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Nonsuch Primary School is part of Birmingham Diocesan Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 19 schools. The nearest others:

• St Michael's Church of England Primary School Birmingham
• Quinton Church Primary School Birmingham
• St George's Church of England Primary School Birmingham
• Hawkesley Church Primary Academy Birmingham
• St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Handsworth Birmingham
• St George's Church of England Academy, Newtown Birmingham
• Christ Church, Church of England Secondary Academy Birmingham
• Holy Trinity CE Primary Academy (Handsworth) Birmingham
• St Clement's Church of England Academy Birmingham
• St Margaret's Church of England Primary School Solihull

What is Nonsuch Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Nonsuch Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was Nonsuch Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Nonsuch Primary School was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does Nonsuch Primary School have?

Nonsuch Primary School has 190 pupils on roll.

What age range does Nonsuch Primary School cover?

Nonsuch Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Nonsuch Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 52% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Nonsuch Primary School?

Nonsuch Primary School is at Wood Leasow, Woodgate Valley, Birmingham, West Midlands, B32 3SE.