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Lift Percy Shurmer
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Longmore Street, Balsall Heath, Birmingham B12 9ED · percyshurmeracademy.org · 0121 464 3431
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 86%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Birmingham 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.45 mi
- 0.72 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Birmingham Council
- Demand for places
- 1.3
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 459
- 100% of 460 places
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 72.6%
- First language not English
- 68.2%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Lift Schools
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.45 mi (719 m) from the school; in September 2025 it was 0.43 mi (691 m). Source: Birmingham Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 80 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 73% 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 | 60 | 80 | 1.3▲ | 73% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 77 | 1.3▲ | 78% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 64 | 1.1▲ | 89% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 78 | 1.3▲ | 77% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 56 | 54 | 1 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.45 mi0.72 km | |
| September 2025 | 0.43 mi0.69 km | |
| September 2024 | 0.47 mi0.76 km | |
| September 2023 | 0.39 mi0.63 km | |
| September 2022 | All | |
Every applicant was offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25, 86% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% 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 | |||
| ▲86% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Lift Percy Shurmer was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 24 May 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Outstanding
- Inspected
- 24 May 2023
- 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: Improving, ungraded inspection, Mar 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2020Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Jun 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (17 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 17
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 71% who raised concerns
based on the 53% who had a child bullied