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Kings Norton Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–11 · Sponsored academy
Pershore Road South, Kings Norton, BIRMINGHAM B30 3EU · knps.org.uk · 0121 464 2606
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 59%
- 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
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 410
- 98% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Free school meals
- 32%
- First language not English
- 13.4%
- 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, 51 families put the school first and 55 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 | 55 | 51 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 60 | 1 | 92% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 50 | 45 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 47 | 40 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 54 | 48 | 0.9 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2024 | All | |
| September 2023 | All | |
| September 2022 | All | |
| September 2025 | 0.95 mi1.53 km | |
Every applicant was offered a place.
Every applicant was offered a place. 1 more children, who had no preference met, were placed at the school.
Results
In 2024/25, 59% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 5% 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 | |||
| ▼59% | 62% | ||
| ▼5% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 103222)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Kings Norton Primary School on 25 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 25 Mar 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Sept 2021
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 103222), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2021Inadequate
Quality of education Inadequate Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 103222)
Before September 2019
Mar 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 103222)
May 2007Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 103222)
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (104 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 104
- 25% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 32% who had a child bullied
based on 18 parents (17%) with SEND