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Heath Mount Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Knutsford Street, Balsall Heath, BIRMINGHAM B12 9SR · heathmount.excelsiormat.org · 0121 464 1691
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Apr 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 69%
- 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
- 290
- 69% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 57.2%
- First language not English
- 82.4%
- 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, 13 families put the school first and 18 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 | 18 | 13 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 24 | 17 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 15 | 12 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 31 | 25 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 69% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 12% 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 | |||
| ▲69% | 62% | ||
| ▲12% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 103333)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Heath Mount Primary School on 21 April 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 21 Apr 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |