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Allens Croft Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Allens Croft Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 6RP · allcroft.bham.sch.uk · 0121 675 2611
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 45%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Birmingham 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Birmingham Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 380
- 83% of 456 places
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 63.2%
- First language not English
- 26.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Birmingham Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 45 families put the school first and 46 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 46 | 45 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 39 | 37 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 55 | 0.9 | 96% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 58 | 55 | 0.9 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2024 | All | |
| September 2022 | All | |
| September 2023 | 2.94 mi4.73 km | |
Every applicant was offered a place.
Every applicant was offered a place. 1 more children, who had no preference met, were placed at the school.
Results
In 2024/25, 45% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Birmingham it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼45% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Allens Croft Primary School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 12 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 12 Jun 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jan 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Jan 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Mar 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good
What parents said
55% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (44 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 55%
- Replies
- 44
- 11% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 89% who raised concerns
based on the 52% who had a child bullied
based on 14 parents (32%) with SEND