Academy sponsor led · Birmingham

E-ACT Nechells Academy

3–11Ages
184Pupils
PrimaryPhase
138396URN

Eliot Street, Nechells, Birmingham, B7 5LB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Dec 2025

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.2per place

0.5 below Birmingham median (2.7)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Birmingham

38 applications for 17 places · 197th of 262 in Birmingham

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

50%met the expected standard

Birmingham 66% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 2 December 2025Published 2 February 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Strong standard	Expected standard	Needs attention
Inclusion			Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching				Needs attention
Achievement				Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour		Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing		Strong standard
Early years			Expected standard
Post-16 provision	Does not apply to this school
Leadership and governance			Expected standard

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

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Inspection history

2 December 2025
Report card · 2 Strong standard, 3 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
19 May 2021
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

2.2applications per place, Reception

0.5 below Birmingham median (2.7) close to England median (2.2)

38 applications · 17 places offered · 17 named it first

2026 2.2; Birmingham median median 2.7
2025 2.3; Birmingham median median 2.7
2024 2.4; Birmingham median median 2.7
2023 2.1; Birmingham median median 2.7
2022 2.0; Birmingham median median 2.7
2021 3.2; Birmingham median median 2.8
2020 2.9; Birmingham median median 2.8
2019 4.7; Birmingham median median 2.8
2018 3.5; Birmingham median median 2.7
2017 1.5; Birmingham median median 2.5
2016 1.7; Birmingham median median 2.2
2015 1.1; Birmingham median median 2.1
2014 1.6; 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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	17	38	2.2	17	1.00
Sep 2025	15	35	2.3	13	0.87
Sep 2024	12	29	2.4	11	0.92
Sep 2023	20	42	2.1	20	1.00
Sep 2022	22	43	2.0	19	0.86
Sep 2021	13	42	3.2	12	0.92
Sep 2020	14	40	2.9	9	0.64
Sep 2019	9	42	4.7	7	0.78
Sep 2018	12	42	3.5	11	0.92
Sep 2017	24	37	1.5	19	0.79
Sep 2016	23	39	1.7	17	0.74
Sep 2015	24	27	1.1	10	0.42
Sep 2014	30	47	1.6	32	1.07

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 75% · Writing 75% · Maths 50% → all three 50% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard50%220th of 257 in Birmingham

Birmingham 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard75%

Birmingham 78% England 78%

Higher standard11%

Birmingham 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard75%

Birmingham 74% England 75%

Greater depth7%

Birmingham 10% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard50%

Birmingham 77% England 77%

Higher standard7%

Birmingham 26% England 24%

Average scaled score 99 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Birmingham median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	50%	4%	103	99
2023/24	20%	0%	98	98
2022/23	26%	0%	98	98

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

E-ACT Nechells AcademyThis school
This school

2025

2.2applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
St Clement's Church of England Academy
0.5 km · Birmingham

Remains Good2024

2.4applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
Manor Park Primary Academy
1.0 km · Birmingham

Good2024

3.4applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
1.1 km · Birmingham

Remains Good2024

2.7applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
Slade Primary School
1.1 km · Birmingham

Remains Good · improving2024

2.2applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Cromwell Junior and Infant School
1.3 km · Birmingham

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.9applications per place 97%met the SATs standard
Leigh Primary School
1.3 km · Birmingham

2026

3.0applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Deykin Avenue Junior and Infant School
1.4 km · Birmingham

Special measures Inadequate2023

2.7applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
St Saviour's C of E Primary School
1.4 km · Birmingham

Standards maintained2025

2.1applications per place 73%met the SATs standard

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: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 138396 · 330/2048
Trust: E-Act
Capacity: 236 pupils · 184 on roll
Free school meals: 72.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 September 2012
Replaced: Nechells Junior and Infant School (NC) (URN 103338)
Address: Eliot Street, Nechells, Birmingham, B7 5LB
Local authority: Birmingham

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