Academy sponsor led · Birmingham

Highters Heath Community School

4–11Ages
167Pupils
PrimaryPhase
149483URN

Highters Heath Lane, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 4LY

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Special measures

Report card · inspected Nov 2025

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

3.6per place

0.9 above Birmingham median (2.7)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Birmingham

64 applications for 18 places · 37th of 262 in Birmingham

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

65%met the expected standard

Birmingham 66% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Special measures

Report card · inspected 11 November 2025Published 11 January 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Strong standard	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		Strong 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

11 November 2025
Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
25 January 2022
Graded inspection: Inadequate · as Highters Heath Community School, URN 103365

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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

3.6applications per place, Reception

0.9 above Birmingham median (2.7) 1.4 above England median (2.2)

64 applications · 18 places offered · 15 named it first

2026 3.6; Birmingham median median 2.7
2025 3.9; Birmingham median median 2.7
2024 3.8; Birmingham median median 2.7
2023 4.8; Birmingham median median 2.7
2022 5.0; Birmingham median median 2.7; as the previous school
2021 5.2; Birmingham median median 2.8; as the previous school
2020 4.2; Birmingham median median 2.8; as the previous school
2019 3.8; Birmingham median median 2.8; as the previous school
2018 3.1; Birmingham median median 2.7; as the previous school
2017 3.4; Birmingham median median 2.5; as the previous school
2016 2.5; Birmingham median median 2.2; as the previous school
2015 2.6; Birmingham median median 2.1; as the previous school
2014 2.7; Birmingham median median 2.1; as the previous school

This school
Birmingham median

Dashed bars: as Highters Heath Community School (URN 103365), 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	18	64	3.6	15	0.83
Sep 2025	18	71	3.9	12	0.67
Sep 2024	17	65	3.8	15	0.88
Sep 2023	12	58	4.8	9	0.75
Sep 2022 *	11	55	5.0	11	1.00
Sep 2021 *	16	83	5.2	15	0.94
Sep 2020 *	17	71	4.2	16	0.94
Sep 2019 *	17	64	3.8	14	0.82
Sep 2018 *	26	81	3.1	22	0.85
Sep 2017 *	30	102	3.4	42	1.40
Sep 2016 *	30	75	2.5	27	0.90
Sep 2015 *	30	77	2.6	31	1.03
Sep 2014 *	30	81	2.7	36	1.20

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 73% · Writing 77% · Maths 77% → all three 65% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard65%131st of 257 in Birmingham

Birmingham 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard73%

Birmingham 78% England 78%

Higher standard31%

Birmingham 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard77%

Birmingham 74% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Birmingham 10% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard77%

Birmingham 77% England 77%

Higher standard8%

Birmingham 26% England 24%

Average scaled score 103 (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	65%	0%	106	103
2023/24	35%	6%	101	100
2022/23

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

Highters Heath Community SchoolThis school
This school

Special measures 2025

3.6applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
Grendon Primary School
0.7 km · Birmingham

Standards maintained2024

2.8applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
Yardley Wood Community Primary School
0.8 km · Birmingham

Remains Good2024

2.1applications per place 37%met the SATs standard
St Alban's Catholic Primary School
1.2 km · Birmingham

Remains Good2024

2.9applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
Peterbrook Primary School
1.2 km · Solihull

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.4applications per place
Hollywood Primary School
1.2 km · Birmingham

2026

2.5applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School
1.3 km · Birmingham

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.5applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
Billesley Primary School
1.4 km · Birmingham

Standards maintained2025

2.6applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
St Jude's Catholic Primary School
1.4 km · Birmingham

Good2022

1.9applications per place 79%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: 149483 · 330/2210
Trust: Excelsior Multi Academy Trust
Capacity: 210 pupils · 167 on roll
Free school meals: 62.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 November 2022
Replaced: Highters Heath Community School (URN 103365)
Address: Highters Heath Lane, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 4LY
Local authority: Birmingham

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