Beaconside Primary and Nursery School, Birmingham
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 7 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
This school excels at helping every child succeed, whether they need extra support or advanced challenges. Teachers clearly explain their teaching, catch mistakes quickly and adapt lessons brilliantly for children with different needs. The school creates a calm, respectful environment where pupils behave well, attend regularly and feel known and valued by staff.
Key Strengths
- Pupils achieve consistently highly in phonics and end of key stage 2 tests, with disadvantaged pupils performing considerably better than national peers
- Teachers provide highly effective, consistently excellent teaching with clear explanations, skilled modelling and timely support
- Excellent inclusion practices ensure pupils with special educational needs and disabilities make impressive progress alongside their peers
- Leaders have established a warm, language-rich early years environment where children settle quickly and develop rapidly
- Strong behaviour and attendance focus with clear expectations, supportive relationships and rigorous analysis leading to improving attendance
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and concerns are actively identified, acted upon and managed.
Extracurricular Activities
Junior leadership roles, peer mentoring, fundraising activities, first-aid skills teaching, specialist teaching programmes
Beaconside Primary and Nursery School is a high-performing school where pupils achieve very well and leaders prioritise excellent teaching, inclusion and pupil wellbeing. The school maintains strong standards across all areas with particular success in supporting disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs.
At a Glance
9.8%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 83%. Maths has remained stable at around 87%. Writing has remained stable at around 87%.
Class Sizes
29.0
Avg class size
30.0
Infant (KS1)
30.0
KS2
8
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
100%
Over capacity
235 pupils
235 capacity
0 places over capacity
Area Demand Pressure - Birmingham
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Birmingham
Admissions Demand - Worcestershire
Places available
6,938
Applications
5,554
Got 1st preference
94.3%
Got preferred school
98.5%
Primary admissions across Worcestershire (2025/26)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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Teachers & Staff
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
5.48663%
Overall absence
11.47541%
Persistent absence
183
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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