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Nansen Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 528Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 138799URN

Naseby Road, Birmingham, B8 3HG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.5per place
0.8 above Birmingham median (2.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Birmingham

149 applications for 43 places · 42nd of 262 in Birmingham
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
61%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 12 May 2026Published 21 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong 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. 12 May 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
  2. 29 March 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
3.5applications per place, Reception
0.8 above Birmingham median (2.7) 1.3 above England median (2.2)

149 applications · 43 places offered · 42 named it first

  1. 2026 3.5; Birmingham median median 2.7
  2. 2025 4.2; Birmingham median median 2.7
  3. 2024 3.2; Birmingham median median 2.7
  4. 2023 5.7; Birmingham median median 2.7
  5. 2022 4.5; Birmingham median median 2.7
  6. 2021 3.2; Birmingham median median 2.8
  7. 2020 3.0; Birmingham median median 2.8
  8. 2019 4.1; Birmingham median median 2.8
  9. 2018 3.2; Birmingham median median 2.7
  10. 2017 2.7; Birmingham median median 2.5
  11. 2016 2.1; Birmingham median median 2.2
  12. 2015 2.1; Birmingham median median 2.1
  13. 2014 2.3; Birmingham median median 2.1
More applications per place than the Birmingham median in 12 of 13 years.
  • 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 2026431493.5420.98
Sep 2025441854.2441.00
Sep 2024471483.2450.96
Sep 2023251425.7240.96
Sep 2022351564.5300.86
Sep 2021511613.2500.98
Sep 2020672003.0560.84
Sep 2019492024.1491.00
Sep 2018611953.2611.00
Sep 2017691892.7600.87
Sep 2016951952.1810.85
Sep 2015831772.1750.90
Sep 2014851932.3760.89

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 79% · Writing 74% · Maths 68% → all three 61% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard61%159th of 257 in Birmingham
Reading
Expected standard79%
Higher standard30%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard74%
Greater depth11%
Maths
Expected standard68%
Higher standard7%
Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Birmingham median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2561%3%105102
2023/2476%6%105106
2022/2367%1%105106

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
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
138799 · 330/2038
Trust
Leigh Trust
Capacity
920 pupils · 528 on roll
Free school meals
52.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision and SEN unit
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 October 2012
Replaced
Nansen Primary School (URN 103236)
Address
Naseby Road, Birmingham, B8 3HG
Local authority
Birmingham

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