Elms Farm Community Primary 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 · 8 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
The school provides a calm, supportive environment where children feel safe and attendance has improved. Early Years teaching is good and children make strong progress from below-average starting points. Under the headteacher's leadership, teaching is improving and pupils' behaviour has improved significantly.
Key Strengths
- Headteacher's effective leadership has improved teaching, learning and pupil behaviour
- Early Years Foundation Stage provides good teaching and a range of interesting activities
- Improvements in teaching are reflected in better quality work in pupils' books
- School is calm and orderly with pupils feeling safe and attendance above average
- Staff are highly supportive of senior leaders' improvement efforts
Areas for Improvement
- Pupils in Key Stage 2 have not made enough progress in reading and writing, especially disadvantaged pupils
- Work is not always matched to pupils' abilities, particularly for more-able children
- Teachers do not give pupils enough time to respond to marking and understand how to improve
- Pupils have too few opportunities to use literacy and numeracy skills across other subjects
- Past exclusion rates were significantly higher than national averages
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements were reviewed as part of the inspection and the school meets requirements, though specific effectiveness findings are not detailed in the provided report text.
Extracurricular Activities
Sports coaching, new sport activities at lunch time and after school, enthusiastic pupil participation in physical activities
Elms Farm Community Primary School is a larger-than-average primary school that requires significant improvement due to inadequate pupil achievement and teaching that requires improvement, though recent improvements under new leadership are evident.
At a Glance
62.9%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 65% to 69%. Maths has remained stable at around 73%. Writing has improved from 63% to 71%.
Class Sizes
28.1
Avg class size
26.2
Infant (KS1)
27.4
KS2
14
Total classes
3 classes with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
99%
Near capacity
414 pupils
420 capacity
6 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Birmingham
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Birmingham
Admissions Demand - Birmingham
Places available
15,570
Applications
12,541
Got 1st preference
92.4%
Got preferred school
99.0%
Primary admissions across Birmingham (2025/26)
Inspection History(15)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
5.94744%
Overall absence
16.19318%
Persistent absence
352
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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