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Brownmead Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–11 · Sponsored academy
Pencroft Road, Shard End, Birmingham B34 6SS · brownmead.academy · 0121 675 3102
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2020
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 74%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Birmingham 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.42 mi
- 0.68 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Birmingham Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 268
- 64% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Free school meals
- 62.3%
- First language not English
- 26.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.42 mi (676 m) from the school; in September 2025 it was 0.40 mi (647 m). Source: Birmingham Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 31 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 84% 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 | 30 | 31 | 1▲ | 84% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 36 | 1.2▲ | 83% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 42 | 37 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 33 | 28 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 44 | 37 | 0.8 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.42 mi0.68 km | |
| September 2025 | 0.40 mi0.65 km | |
| September 2024 | All | |
| September 2023 | All | |
| September 2022 | All | |
Every applicant was offered a place.
Every applicant was offered a place. 2 more children, who had no preference met, were placed at the school.
Results
In 2024/25, 74% 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 | |||
| ▲74% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Brownmead Primary Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 8 January 2020, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Jan 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 28 Jan 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 103176), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Jun 2013Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 103176)
What parents said
71% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (28 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 71%
- Replies
- 28
- 9% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 29% who had a child bullied