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Fairway Primary Academy

4–11Ages
164Pupils
PrimaryPhase
139484URN

Muirfield Gardens, Kings Norton, Birmingham, B38 8XQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jul 2026

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

3.4per place

0.7 above Birmingham median (2.7)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Birmingham

41 applications for 12 places

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

69%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 14 July 2026Published 14 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Expected standard
Inclusion		Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching		Expected standard
Achievement		Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour		Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing		Expected 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

14 July 2026
Report card · 7 Expected standard
9 April 2024
Graded inspection: Requires improvement

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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

3.4applications per place, Reception

0.7 above Birmingham median (2.7) 1.2 above England median (2.2)

41 applications · 12 places offered · 12 named it first

2026 3.4; Birmingham median median 2.7
2025 4.9; Birmingham median median 2.7
2024 2.8; Birmingham median median 2.7
2023 2.5; Birmingham median median 2.7
2022 3.0; Birmingham median median 2.7
2021 3.4; Birmingham median median 2.8
2020 3.2; Birmingham median median 2.8
2019 2.9; Birmingham median median 2.8
2018 2.5; Birmingham median median 2.7
2017 2.5; Birmingham median median 2.5
2016 2.3; Birmingham median median 2.2
2015 2.4; Birmingham median median 2.1
2014 2.6; 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	12	41	3.4	12	1.00
Sep 2025	9	44	4.9	8	0.89
Sep 2024	22	61	2.8	17	0.77
Sep 2023	25	63	2.5	23	0.92
Sep 2022	24	71	3.0	23	0.96
Sep 2021	21	71	3.4	20	0.95
Sep 2020	30	95	3.2	32	1.07
Sep 2019	30	87	2.9	34	1.13
Sep 2018	30	74	2.5	31	1.03
Sep 2017	30	76	2.5	21	0.70
Sep 2016	30	68	2.3	27	0.90
Sep 2015	30	71	2.4	29	0.97
Sep 2014	30	77	2.6	29	0.97

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 79% · Writing 72% · Maths 72% → all three 69% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard69%98th of 257 in Birmingham

Birmingham 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard79%

Birmingham 78% England 78%

Higher standard31%

Birmingham 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard72%

Birmingham 74% England 75%

Greater depth14%

Birmingham 10% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard72%

Birmingham 77% England 77%

Higher standard10%

Birmingham 26% England 24%

Average scaled score 102 (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	69%	7%	106	102
2023/24	59%	4%	105	103
2022/23	43%	7%	104	100

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

Fairway Primary AcademyThis school
This school

2026

3.4applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
Wychall Primary School
0.6 km · Birmingham

Standards maintained2025

2.5applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
West Heath Primary School
0.8 km · Birmingham

Standards maintained2025

3.1applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
Hawkesley Church Primary Academy
1.3 km · Birmingham

2026

1.9applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Kings Norton Primary School
1.4 km · Birmingham

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.5applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
St John Fisher Catholic Primary School
1.5 km · Birmingham

Remains Good2023

3.5applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
St Paul's Catholic Primary School
1.5 km · Birmingham

2026

2.2applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
St Laurence Church Infant School
1.6 km · Birmingham

Remains Good2022
St Laurence Church Junior School
1.6 km · Birmingham

Remains Good2024

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 converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 139484 · 330/2310
Trust: Greenheart Learning Partnership
Capacity: 210 pupils · 164 on roll
Free school meals: 53.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 April 2013
Replaced: Fairway Primary School (URN 103330)
Address: Muirfield Gardens, Kings Norton, Birmingham, B38 8XQ
Local authority: Birmingham

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources