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Colmers Farm Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Leybrook Road, Rubery, Birmingham B45 9PB · colmersfarm.excelsiormat.org · 0121 716 0444
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 70%
- 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
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 403
- 96% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 56.3%
- First language not English
- 11.9%
- 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, 50 families put the school first and 59 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 | 59 | 50 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 47 | 40 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 55 | 53 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 59 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 58 | 54 | 0.9 | 98% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2024 | All | |
| September 2022 | All | |
| September 2023 | 3.56 mi5.73 km | |
Every applicant was offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25, 70% 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 | |||
| ▲70% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 103187)
Ofsted
Colmers Farm Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 14 June 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 14 Jun 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2014
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 103187), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jun 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 103187)
Jan 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 103187)
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (21 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 21
- 5% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 62% who raised concerns
based on the 62% who had a child bullied