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Chandos Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Sponsored academy
Vaughton Street South, Highgate, Birmingham B12 0YN · chandosprimary.org · 0121 464 3881
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 60%
- 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
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 449
- 96% of 468 places
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 62%
- First language not English
- 83.5%
- 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, 28 families put the school first and 39 places were offered; 100% 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 | 39 | 28 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 43 | 35 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 50 | 42 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 39 | 28 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 47 | 40 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 60% 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 | |||
| ●60% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 103325)
Ofsted
Chandos Primary School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 5 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 5 Jun 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 103325), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Feb 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Jun 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 103325)
What parents said
73% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (75 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 73%
- Replies
- 75
- 16% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 84% who raised concerns
based on the 61% who had a child bullied
based on 18 parents (24%) with SEND