Bordesley Village Primary School, Birmingham

Ofsted's report card from its 17 March 2026 inspection grades Bordesley Village Primary School on 7 areas: 7 strong standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils achieve strongly across all areas of the curriculum."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders place a strong emphasis on securing high attendance across the school."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders have meticulously designed a coherent and ambitious curriculum that reflects the school's priorities and the needs of its community."

Early years - Strong standard. "Children make a strong and confident start to their education in the early years."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Inclusion is the main driving force behind the school's work."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders have a clear and ambitious vision that shapes the school's continual improvement."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "The school places pupils' personal development at the heart of its work."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders and those responsible for governance should strengthen and refine their work across all areas, ensuring that improvements are sustainable over time so that they continue to have a transformational impact on outcomes for all pupils".

In 2025, 98% of Year 6 pupils at Bordesley Village Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 93% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 76% in Birmingham and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 74% in reading and 81% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 27 families put Bordesley Village Primary School as their first choice and 65 named it as one of their preferences, for 28 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 1 family who put it first was not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Bordesley Village Primary School are Regents Park Community Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 79% reading, 84% maths); Wyndcliffe Primary School (0.5 miles, Outstanding, 63% reading, 58% maths); St Anne's Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 97% reading, 90% maths); and St Vincent's Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles).

Bordesley Village Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.

Bordesley Village Primary School is one of 2 schools run by Cromwell Learning Community Academy Trust, an academy trust.

59.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 64.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (39%), Black (31%) and Mixed (12%).

In 2026, 57 pupils (19.6%) received SEN support and 3 (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.

The nearest railway station is Bordesley Rail Station, about 700 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Venetia Road (opposite), 200 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Bordesley Village 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 August 2026, police recorded 691 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, vehicle crime and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Birmingham (435), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Bordesley Village Primary School issued 2 suspensions, 0.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Bordesley Village Primary School are Small Heath Leadership Academy (0.6 miles), Holy Trinity Catholic School (0.7 miles), BOA Digital Technologies Academy (0.7 miles) and Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form (0.7 miles).