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Nishkam Primary School Birmingham
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Free school
3-11 Soho Road, Handsworth, Birmingham B21 9SN · nishkamschooltrust.org · 0121 647 6890
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 84%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Birmingham 63%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.5
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 424
- 4 over 420 places · 101%
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 13.4%
- First language not English
- 28.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 92 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 65% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 60 | 92 | 1.5▲ | 65% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 81 | 1.4▲ | 74% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 89 | 1.5▲ | 66% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 59 | 92 | 1.6▲ | 63% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 72 | 1.2▲ | 82% |
Results
In 2024/25, 84% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 16% 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 | |||
| ▲84% | 62% | ||
| ▲16% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ▲111 | 105 | ||
| ▲112 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Nishkam Primary School Birmingham on 8 April 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 8 Apr 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Apr 2015
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Apr 2015Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Jun 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (42 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Replies
- 42
- 10% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 38% who had a child bullied