Academy sponsor led · Birmingham

Brownmead Primary Academy

5–11Ages
268Pupils
PrimaryPhase
141320URN

Pencroft Road, Shard End, Birmingham, B34 6SS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodJan 2020

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jan 2025

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

104 applications for 30 places · 42nd of 262 in Birmingham

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

74%met the expected standard

Birmingham 66% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodJan 2020

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jan 2025

The graded inspection, 8 January 2020Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Inspection history

29 January 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
8 January 2020
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)

104 applications · 30 places offered · 31 named it first

2026 3.5; Birmingham median median 2.7
2025 3.2; Birmingham median median 2.7
2024 2.4; Birmingham median median 2.7
2023 2.8; Birmingham median median 2.7
2022 2.4; Birmingham median median 2.7
2021 3.0; Birmingham median median 2.8
2020 2.7; Birmingham median median 2.8
2019 2.4; Birmingham median median 2.8
2018 3.8; Birmingham median median 2.7
2017 2.7; Birmingham median median 2.5
2016 2.2; Birmingham median median 2.2
2015 2.9; Birmingham median median 2.1
2014 2.7; Birmingham median median 2.1; as the previous school

This school
Birmingham median

Dashed bars: as Brownmead Junior and Infant School (URN 103176), the previous school.

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	30	104	3.5	31	1.03
Sep 2025	30	97	3.2	36	1.20
Sep 2024	42	99	2.4	37	0.88
Sep 2023	33	91	2.8	28	0.85
Sep 2022	44	106	2.4	37	0.84
Sep 2021	30	89	3.0	28	0.93
Sep 2020	37	100	2.7	29	0.78
Sep 2019	43	101	2.4	38	0.88
Sep 2018	21	80	3.8	19	0.90
Sep 2017	42	112	2.7	27	0.64
Sep 2016	30	66	2.2	28	0.93
Sep 2015	30	86	2.9	31	1.03
Sep 2014 *	31	84	2.7	31	1.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 97% · Writing 74% · Maths 97% → all three 74% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard74%62nd of 257 in Birmingham

Birmingham 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard97%

Birmingham 78% England 78%

Higher standard35%

Birmingham 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard74%

Birmingham 74% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Birmingham 10% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard97%

Birmingham 77% England 77%

Higher standard26%

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	74%	0%	108	107
2023/24	63%	0%	105	103
2022/23	55%	2%	103	104

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

Brownmead Primary AcademyThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

3.5applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
Timberley Academy
0.7 km · Birmingham

Good2023

2.3applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
St Mary and St Margaret's Church of England Aided Primary School
0.7 km · Solihull

Good2024

3.1applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Heathlands Primary Academy
1.0 km · Birmingham

Good2023

2.1applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School
1.1 km · Birmingham

Remains Good2024

3.5applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
Hillstone Primary School
1.2 km · Birmingham

Good2022

1.9applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
Castle Bromwich Junior School
1.2 km · Solihull

2026

62%met the SATs standard
St Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant School
1.5 km · Birmingham

Good2024

2.0applications per place 34%met the SATs standard
Audley Primary School
1.5 km · Birmingham

Good2023

1.6applications per place 70%met the SATs standard

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

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School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 141320 · 330/2152
Trust: Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust
Capacity: 420 pupils · 268 on roll
Free school meals: 62.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 November 2014
Replaced: Brownmead Junior and Infant School (URN 103176)
Address: Pencroft Road, Shard End, Birmingham, B34 6SS
Local authority: Birmingham

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