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Aston Tower Community Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 326 pupils Birmingham
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Aston Tower Community Primary School is an academy converter in Birmingham for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 326 pupils on roll. In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Many teachers don't stay: 44% of its teachers had left the school a year later (in 2024/25), against 16% nationally.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Upper Sutton Street
Aston
Birmingham
West Midlands
B6 5BE
Phone 01213270339
Reference Number 142686

General Makeup

Number of pupils 326
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.53%
Girls: 48.47%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 63.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 63.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 19.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 19 13 32
2 28 16 44
3 20 15 35
4 30 24 54
5 26 26 52
6 17 32 49

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
African 24.8%
Pakistani 14.7%
Mixed, Other 5.2%
Asian, Other 1.5%
Indian 1.2%
Unclassified 1.2%
Caribbean 1.2%
White & Black (African) 0.9%
White, Other 0.6%
Chinese 0.6%
White & Asian 0.6%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 08 Oct 2024 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
08 Oct 2024 School inspection
19 Mar 2019 Short inspection
07 Apr 2016 Academy conversion letter
10 Oct 2012 Full inspection:
Previously as Aston Tower Community Primary School
18 Jan 2011 Monitoring visit
20 Oct 2009 Full inspection:
22 May 2007 Full inspection:
24 Jun 2002 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 73%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 20%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 108
Maths 106

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 0.5
Writing 3
Maths 2.7

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Average Scaled Score

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 25 0
Third Preference 37 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Aston Tower Community Primary School had 314 pupils for 420 places. 106 places (25.2%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “P16” planning area

Birmingham counted 433 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 485 in 2029–30, up 12%.

201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 420420420420420420420420420
Pupils 388395392386386383350339314
Unfilled 7.6%6.0%6.7%8.1%8.1%8.8%16.7%19.3%25.2%

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 Aston Tower Community Primary School attended 92.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 26.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.7%3.5%3.0%3.7%5.9%6.8%5.1%5.9%
Unauthorised absence 1.7%1.4%2.0%1.5%1.4%1.7%2.6%1.8%
Severely absent pupils 1.1%0.6%2.3%2.3%1.5%2.4%3.9%1.0%

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, 0.6% of pupils at Aston Tower Community Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 1.70.20.00.50.00.00.80.50.9
Permanent exclusions 000000100

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 Aston Tower Community Primary School had 24.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 43.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 11.511.212.012.014.014.815.218.814.917.9
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%18.2%24.2%23.4%24.8%26.0%39.8%7.9%20.9%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 54.5%50.0%72.7%–81.0%70.0%76.2%83.3%64.7%–
Sick days per teacher 7.03.88.0–9.215.35.07.49.8–

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, 23.9% of pupils at Aston Tower Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 12 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 73 15
Autistic spectrum disorder 0 4
Social, emotional and mental health 3 0
Physical disability 1 1
Hearing impairment 1 0

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 Aston Tower Community Primary School received £8,716 and spent £7,723 for each of its 344 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,633,000 (£4,754 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £471,000£569,000£784,000£1,016,000£1,228,000£1,325,000£1,633,000
per pupil £1,092£1,308£1,828£2,371£3,101£3,552£4,754
In-year balance -£480,000£98,000£276,000£240,000£245,000£133,000£341,000
per pupil -£1,112£225£643£560£619£357£993

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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Prince Albert Junior and Infant School
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The Wisdom Academy
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Manor Park Primary Academy
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Birchfield Primary School
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St Clement's Church of England Academy
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Brearley Nursery School
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Sacred Heart Catholic School
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St Matthew's CofE Primary School
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0.86 miles
Canterbury Cross Primary School
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St George's Church of England Academy, Newtown
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Name Distance
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Aston Manor Academy
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0.38 miles
Birmingham Independent College
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0.46 miles
The Pioneers Academy
Sycamore Road, Aston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B6 5UH
0.46 miles
Birchfield Independent Girls' School
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Star King Solomon Academy
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Holte School
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Aston University Mathematics School
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0.78 miles
Aston University Engineering Academy
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0.79 miles
Nishkam High School
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0.91 miles
Broadway Academy
The Broadway, Perry Barr, Birmingham, West Midlands, B20 3DP
0.94 miles
E-ACT Heartlands Academy
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0.97 miles
Mayfield School
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1.02 miles
Oakbridge School
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BOA Digital Technologies Academy
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Birmingham Metropolitan College
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Birmingham Ormiston Academy
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Eden Boys' School, Birmingham
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Spring Hill High School
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How many pupils does Aston Tower Community Primary School have?

Aston Tower Community Primary School has 326 pupils on roll.

What age range does Aston Tower Community Primary School cover?

Aston Tower Community Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Aston Tower Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Aston Tower Community Primary School?

Aston Tower Community Primary School is at Upper Sutton Street, Aston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B6 5BE.

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