Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School

Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School has demonstrated overall strong performance with notable strengths in safeguarding practices, pupil behaviour, and early years education. The school fosters a positive learning environment and has effective measures in place for supporting disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs. Leaders maintain a high standard of oversight and work collaboratively with stakeholders, ensuring that pupils feel safe and valued. However, the school is still addressing areas for improvement, particularly in writing skills where a minority of pupils face challenges, and the use of assessments to enhance their learning outcomes.

Strengths

• Strong safeguarding culture where pupils feel safe.
• Positive behaviour and respectful attitudes among pupils.
• Effective early years curriculum promoting confidence.
• Strong support for disadvantaged and vulnerable pupils.
• High engagement in enrichment activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Gaps in pupils' spelling and handwriting skills.
• Inconsistent use of assessment to inform teaching across subjects.

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 Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.8% 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, 0.2% of pupils at Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery 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 Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School had 34.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 29.3% 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, 12.1% of pupils at Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.9% 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 Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School received £7,006 and spent £6,590 for each of its 450 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £678,000 (£1,506 per pupil).

Across all 5 schools of Prosper Together Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,576 and spending £7,319 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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Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School is part of Prosper Together Multi Academy Trust, which runs 5 schools. The nearest others:

• Castle Bromwich Junior School Birmingham
• Kingshurst Primary School Birmingham
• Fordbridge Community Primary School Birmingham
• Windy Arbor Primary School Birmingham

What is Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School is Needs attention, from an inspection in April 2026.

When was Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School last inspected by Ofsted?

Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School was last inspected in April 2026.

How many pupils does Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School have?

Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School has 487 pupils on roll.

What age range does Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School cover?

Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School for pupils aged 2 to 7.

Where is Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School?

Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School is at Green Lane, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, West Midlands, B36 0BX.