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Harborne Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Station Road, Harborne, Birmingham B17 9LU · harborneprimary.co.uk · 0121 464 2705
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2025
- 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
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Capacity
- 840
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Nursery class
- No
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, 83 families put the school first and 96 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
Published for the predecessor school (URN 132261)
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 96 | 83 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 120 | 131 | 1.1▲ | 92% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 120 | 165 | 1.4▲ | 72% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 120 | 151 | 1.3▲ | 79% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 120 | 134 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | 1.73 mi2.79 km | |
| September 2024 | 0.89 mi1.44 km | |
| September 2023 | 1.04 mi1.67 km | |
| September 2022 | 1.39 mi2.23 km | |
Every applicant was offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25, 69% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% 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% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 132261)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Harborne Primary School on 20 May 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 20 May 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding not effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 132261)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Dec 2014
Other inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 132261), which Ofsted links to this one.
Report cards, from November 2025
- Mar 2026Monitoring visitEffective action
September 2019 to November 2025
- Oct 2025Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Dec 2014Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 132261)
Mar 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 132261)