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Water Mill Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 205Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 103326URN

Water Mill Close, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 6TS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.7per place
close to Birmingham median (2.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Birmingham

81 applications for 30 places · 129th of 262 in Birmingham
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
75%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 9 June 2026Published 12 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 9 June 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 24 May 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.7applications per place, Reception
close to Birmingham median (2.7) 0.5 above England median (2.2)

81 applications · 30 places offered · 31 named it first

  1. 2026 2.7; Birmingham median median 2.7
  2. 2025 3.0; Birmingham median median 2.7
  3. 2024 4.3; Birmingham median median 2.7
  4. 2023 3.0; Birmingham median median 2.7
  5. 2022 2.8; Birmingham median median 2.7
  6. 2021 2.8; Birmingham median median 2.8
  7. 2020 1.9; Birmingham median median 2.8
  8. 2019 3.4; Birmingham median median 2.8
  9. 2018 2.3; Birmingham median median 2.7
  10. 2017 1.7; Birmingham median median 2.5
  11. 2016 1.5; Birmingham median median 2.2
  12. 2015 1.7; Birmingham median median 2.1
  13. 2014 2.1; Birmingham median median 2.1
  • This school
  • Birmingham median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202630812.7311.03
Sep 202525743.0240.96
Sep 202418784.3170.94
Sep 202327803.0250.93
Sep 202215422.8120.80
Sep 202114392.8130.93
Sep 202025471.9200.80
Sep 201910343.4101.00
Sep 201824552.3150.63
Sep 201730511.7160.53
Sep 201630441.5140.47
Sep 201523401.7120.52
Sep 201417362.1150.88

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 79% · Writing 88% · Maths 79% → all three 75% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard75%51st of 257 in Birmingham
Reading
Expected standard79%
Higher standard25%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard88%
Greater depth25%
Maths
Expected standard79%
Higher standard33%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Birmingham median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2575%8%105106
2023/2474%11%108107
2022/2385%23%110106

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
103326 · 330/2306
Capacity
210 pupils · 205 on roll
Free school meals
42.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Water Mill Close, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 6TS
Local authority
Birmingham

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources