Aston Tower Community Primary School, Birmingham

From the headteacher's welcome: "We hope it will give you an exciting flavour of our school. At Aston Tower we achieve excellence - this is our mission statement - a message that our pupils wear on their uniform with pride underneath the school badge. Excellence is a feature of our school and something we seek to achieve in everything we do."

The school runs after-school care.

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils at Aston Tower Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 77% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 76% in Birmingham and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 69% in reading and 82% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 27 families put Aston Tower Community Primary School as their first choice and 89 named it as one of their preferences, for 27 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Aston Tower Community Primary School are Mansfield Green E-ACT Academy (0.4 miles, Outstanding, 53% reading, 49% maths); Prince Albert Junior and Infant School (0.4 miles, Outstanding, 88% reading, 92% maths); Manor Park Primary Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 80% reading, 82% maths); and Chilwell Croft Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 77% reading, 79% maths).

Aston Tower Community Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Aston Tower Community Primary School is run by its own single-school academy trust.

12 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Aston Tower Community Primary School (as of September 2025): 58% would recommend the school, 67% say their child is happy there and 33% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school has high expectations for their child (75%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (33%).

62.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 62.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (53%), Black (29%) and other ethnic groups (8%).

In 2026, 78 pupils (23.9%) received SEN support and 20 (6.1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Aston Tower Community Primary School has a resourced provision for autism: 16 places, 16 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Aston Rail Station, about 1120 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Brookyn Avenue (adjacent), 120 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Aston Tower Community Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Aston Tower Community Primary School issued 3 suspensions, 0.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Aston Tower Community Primary School are King Edward VI Aston School (0.2 miles), Aston Manor Academy (0.3 miles), Star King Solomon Academy (0.5 miles) and Holte School (0.6 miles).