Families across Birmingham will soon be sending their children off to a brand new primary school.
Just like thousands of others across the wider city, they’ll be entrusting these schools with an important task; building up a solid foundation of essential academic skills their pupils will need to thrive throughout the rest of their time in education - and beyond.
Pupils will then head back for the 2025/26 school year at the start of September, including the thousands of new starters entering Reception classes.
To mark the occasion, we’ve taken a closer look at the performance of state-funded primary schools across the Birmingham council area.
This is based on our own unique metric, which primarily draws on the proportion of each school’s percentage of pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing & maths - as well as Ofsted inspections.
All of the schools listed below either have Outstanding or Good Ofsted inspections overall, too.
Here were the 15 schools that came out on top:
1. The Olive School, Tyseley
Percentage of pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing & maths: 29% | Google
2. Moor School, Four Oaks
Percentage of pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing & maths: 28% | Google
3. The Olive School, Small Heath
Percentage of pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing & maths: 27% | Google
4. Lea Forest Primary Academy, Kitts Green
Percentage of pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing & maths: 24% | Google