Academy sponsor led · Birmingham

Lift Percy Shurmer

3–11Ages
459Pupils
PrimaryPhase
138410URN

Longmore Street, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, B12 9ED · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2023 Previous framework

Outstanding

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.3per place

0.4 below Birmingham median (2.7)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Birmingham

138 applications for 60 places · 194th of 262 in Birmingham

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

86%met the expected standard

Birmingham 66% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 24 May 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education	Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes	Outstanding
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management	Outstanding
Early years provision	Outstanding

Inspection history

24 May 2023
Graded inspection: Outstanding
11 March 2020
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)

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

2.3applications per place, Reception

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

138 applications · 60 places offered · 80 named it first

2026 2.3; Birmingham median median 2.7
2025 3.0; Birmingham median median 2.7
2024 2.9; Birmingham median median 2.7
2023 2.6; Birmingham median median 2.7
2022 2.4; Birmingham median median 2.7
2021 2.7; Birmingham median median 2.8
2020 2.3; Birmingham median median 2.8
2019 2.9; Birmingham median median 2.8
2018 2.5; Birmingham median median 2.7
2017 1.8; Birmingham median median 2.5
2016 2.0; Birmingham median median 2.2
2015 1.8; Birmingham median median 2.1
2014 1.8; 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	60	138	2.3	80	1.33
Sep 2025	60	181	3.0	77	1.28
Sep 2024	59	169	2.9	64	1.08
Sep 2023	60	154	2.6	78	1.30
Sep 2022	56	136	2.4	54	0.96
Sep 2021	60	159	2.7	57	0.95
Sep 2020	59	137	2.3	53	0.90
Sep 2019	55	159	2.9	49	0.89
Sep 2018	48	122	2.5	44	0.92
Sep 2017	57	105	1.8	48	0.84
Sep 2016	39	79	2.0	34	0.87
Sep 2015	55	101	1.8	43	0.78
Sep 2014	51	90	1.8	46	0.90

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 90% · Writing 91% · Maths 90% → all three 86% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard86%11th of 257 in Birmingham

Birmingham 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard90%

Birmingham 78% England 78%

Higher standard38%

Birmingham 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard91%

Birmingham 74% England 75%

Greater depth24%

Birmingham 10% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard90%

Birmingham 77% England 77%

Higher standard28%

Birmingham 26% England 24%

Average scaled score 107 (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	86%	10%	107	107
2023/24	90%	8%	108	107
2022/23	82%	15%	109	107

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

Lift Percy ShurmerThis school
This school

Outstanding2023

2.3applications per place 86%met the SATs standard
Chandos Primary School
0.4 km · Birmingham

Requires improvement2024

1.7applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
Heath Mount Primary School
0.4 km · Birmingham

2026

4.7applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
Ark Tindal Primary Academy
1.0 km · Birmingham

Remains Good · improving2024

2.3applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School
1.0 km · Birmingham

Special measures Graded · no overall grade2025

2.8applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
Oasis Academy Woodview
1.0 km · Birmingham

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.0applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
St Anne's Catholic Primary School
1.1 km · Birmingham

Standards maintained2024

2.0applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School
1.1 km · Birmingham

Good2023

4.6applications per place 84%met the SATs standard
Christ Church CofE Controlled Primary School and Nursery
1.2 km · Birmingham

2026

2.4applications per place 63%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: 138410 · 330/2057
Trust: Lift Schools
Capacity: 460 pupils · 459 on roll
Free school meals: 72.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision: Resourced provision
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 September 2012
Replaced: Percy Shurmer Primary School (URN 103367)
Address: Longmore Street, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, B12 9ED
Local authority: Birmingham

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